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Danny DeVito as Harry Wormwood: Matilda's car salesman father DeVito also narrates the film; Rhea Perlman as Zinnia Wormwood: Matilda's bingo-obsessed mother; Brian Levinson as Michael Wormwood: Matilda's obnoxious older brother who insults Matilda by calling her "dip-face". Nicholas Cox as 6-year-old Michael
Matilda Wormwood, also known by her adoptive name Matilda Honey, is the title character of the bestselling 1988 children's novel Matilda by Roald Dahl.She is a highly precocious five and a half (six and a half in the 1996 film) year old girl who has a passion for reading books.
His father was a stock car racer and car salesman. Pitts grew up in a trailer park [ 2 ] and attended Wade Hampton High School . [ 3 ] From an early age, he developed a passion for vintage cars, particularly classic trucks and muscle cars .
Roald Dahl's classic children's book is now a movie musical on Netflix. Here are all the key differences between the original novel, the 1996 film, stage adaptation, and 2022 movie musical.
In the 90's, he starred in Renaissance Man (1994), and co-starred in the films Get Shorty with Gene Hackman (1995), Matilda with wife Rhea Perlman, which he also directed and produced. He played George Shapiro in 1999's Man on the Moon opposite Jim Carrey, who played Andy Kaufman, a real-life friend of DeVito's.
Similarly shallow, Mr Wormwood—a used-car salesman and television addict—dismisses the child when he realizes she is a girl ("Miracle"). Five years later, Matilda is an avid reader and lives unhappily with her parents. The Wormwoods are oblivious to her genius and frequently mock and verbally abuse her.
A strong family bond. Michelle Williams‘ 17-year-old daughter Matilda has found a “wonderful father figure” in stepfather Thomas Kail, a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.
In the novel and 1996 film Matilda, Matilda's dad was a second hand car dealer who would use an electric drill to reverse the cable-driven odometer. Odometer fraud was depicted in the opening scene of the 1980 film Used Cars and by Danny DeVito's character.