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Miss Trunchbull's contempt for children is so great that she denies ever having been a child, aside from one instance in the novel where she claims she was not a child for very long and became a woman very fast. In many adaptations, Miss Trunchbull often exhibits narcissistic traits, such as psychological projection and extreme self-importance.
Miss Trunchbull later confronts a girl called Amanda Thripp for wearing pigtails (the headmistress repeatedly displays a dislike of long hair throughout the book) and does a hammer throw with the girl over the playground fence. A boy called Bruce Bogtrotter is later caught by the cook stealing a piece of Miss Trunchbull's cake; the headmistress ...
Some iconic moments from the original film (and book) are teased throughout the trailer, such as Miss Trunchbull swinging a little girl by the pigtails or her forcing a student to eat an entire ...
Roald Dahl's terrifying headmistress gets a multifaceted portrayal by Emma Thompson in the Netflix movie-musical.
Mrs Pratchett inspired Dahl's creation of the cruel headmistress Miss Trunchbull in Matilda, and a prank, this time in a water jug belonging to Trunchbull, would also appear in the book. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] Gobstoppers were a favourite sweet among British schoolboys between the two World Wars, and Dahl referred to them in his fictional Everlasting ...
Augustus Gloop is now described as ‘enormous’ rather than ‘fat’
The message accuses Miss Trunchbull of murdering him and demands that she return Miss Honey's house and money and leave town, threatening to murder her as retribution if she does not do so. Miss Trunchbull becomes terrified and attacks the students in a rage, but Matilda protects them and they force Miss Trunchbull out for good. Miss Honey ...
Known for her long career of acting prowess, Emma Thompson now appears to have proven herself once again. Netflix's first teaser trailer for the upcoming Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical features ...