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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.
Miss Honey meets Mrs Wormwood and her dance partner Rudolpho. Mrs Wormwood mocks Matilda's interest in books and intellect ("Loud"). Miss Honey is desperate to help Matilda but feels powerless to do so ("This Little Girl"). Matilda tells Mrs Phelps more about the acrobat couple.
Mr and Mrs Wormwood come to take Matilda to Spain with them, but Miss Honey asks them if Matilda might stay with her - she also asks Matilda if she wants this (she does). They let Matilda stay, and in return she unsticks her father's hat. With Miss Honey as the new headmistress, the students rename Crunchem Hall "The Big Friendly School".
The song features Matilda (Weir) and Miss Honey (Lashana Lynch). The gender of the actor who plays Trunchbull Emma Thompson as Agatha Trunchbull and Alisha Weir as Matilda in Matilda the Musical ...
A subplot revolving around Miss Honey's parents is introduced in the musical. Matilda tells her confidant, local librarian Mrs. Phelps, a story about a famous acrobat and escapologist couple who ...
Miss Honey tries to move Matilda into a higher class, but the tyrannical headmistress, Miss Agatha Trunchbull, refuses. Miss Honey also tries to talk to Mr and Mrs Wormwood about their daughter's intelligence, but they ignore her, with the mother contending "brainy-ness" is an undesirable trait in a little girl.
2022 was truly the year of Lashana Lynch. She became the new Captain Marvel, starred in The Woman King and Matilda the Musical, and is in the running to play the new James Bond.
Embeth Jean Davidtz (born August 11, 1965) [1] is an American-South African actress and director. She's appeared in movies such as Army of Darkness, Schindler's List, Matilda, Fallen, Mansfield Park, Bicentennial Man, Bridget Jones's Diary, Junebug, Fracture, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Old, and Not Okay, and in the television series In ...