EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winner Emma Thompson, who plays Miss.Trunchbull, the horrible headmistress who bullies a book-loving schoolgirl and her classmates in Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, has revealed…
“I was supposed to terrify them. I mean, the characters they played were terrified of me, but they weren’t!,” the actress toldwhich opened the BFI London Film Festival at the Royal Festival Hall on Wednesday night.'Inventing Anna' Fake Heiress Anna Sorokin Released From Jail As She Fights Deportation
The film, directed by Matthew Warchus, was adapted by Dennis Kelly from Dahl’s 1988 novel about super-bright Matilda Wormwood, with music by Tim Minchin. The three creatives reimagined their Tony Award and Olivier Award-winning Royal Shakespeare Company musical for the screen, with winning results. Thompson told us, ”I went ’Hello, I want them to fear me.’ I remember saying to Matthew: ‘They’ve seen the Nanny McFucking McPhee films.’ They thought I was Nanny McFucking McPhee, so making them fear me was really hard. But those kids are just marvellous.”
Thompson was seated with Lauren Alexandra,who plays the character of The Acrobat alongside Carl Spencer as screen partner Magnus the Escapologist. ”It’s their story that provides some important emotional underpinning,” said Thompson, keenly aware not to give away any spoilers. The film went down as a treat with an opening night audience that included Sir Lenny Henry and Rishi Sunak, the former U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer who failed in his bid to become Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party.
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