See the children of "Matilda" 25 years later
The family classic based on the Roald Dahl book famous a great birthday.
For generations, the story of Matilda Wormwood, originally told inRoald DahlThe well-liked novel of 1988, struck an agreement with readers and audiences, especially children. The adaptation of the film of 1996, featuredMara Wilson like the young heroin and young peopleDanny Devito andPerlman Rhe like his careless parents, is always aclassic family And is about to celebrate its 25th anniversary on August 2nd. Meanwhile, the responsibilities of Matilda are still very popular than in 2010, a musical adaptation was created in Broadway and west several years. And now, this music version is being adapted toAnother feature film with a new new distribution, includingEmma Thompson As Miss Trunchbull, this is due to Premiere on Netflix in December 2022. But if you are someone who grew up with the film of 1996, he can always be the best version of your book. And in this case, you may be curious to know what all thechild actors ofLip are up to today, a quarter of a century after the film release. So, to see what Wilson and his co-stars look now, read it.
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Mara Wilson: So
Wilson was nine years old when she played Matilda, a compassionate genius with telekinetic powers. And she was already one of the world's leading players who have also played in 1993Ms. Toulerfireand the 1994 remake ofMiracle on the 34th street.
Unfortunately, his motherSuzie Wilsonhas been diagnosed with breast cancer during filming. Over the years,Wilson expressed his gratitude to the Married Couple Devito (who also directedLipAnd Perlman to spend additional time with her and including her activities with their children while her mother received treatment. Devito even secretly visited Wilson's mother to the hospital to show him an early cut of the film before his disappearance in April 1996.Lipis dedicated to her.
Mara Wilson: Now
After shootingThomas and the magic railway In 2000, Wilson took an 11-year-old hammering on the screen. She studied acting at the School of the Tisch scene of the University of New York,Graduated in 2009. After school, she focused on her writing and publisheda memory,Where am I now? True stories of the girl and accidental fame, in 2016.
Wilson has also turned to an alternate step, including featuring living shows that she has also written. In 2011, she returned to the screen acting in the short film,Miscarriage. She took voice roles onHajack riderandBig Hero 6: The series. In 2016, she made a cameoas a waitress in aBroad cityepisode that paid tribute toMs. Toulerfire. In spite of diving into this world in this world, however, the 34-year-old child is not interested in continuing full time.
"There are definitely parts that I could go back to the screen, but it would not be a career for me"Wilson saidCollider this last month. "It would be something pleasure I did. It would be for pleasure or for money, or work with people I wanted to work with."
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Jimmy Karz: So
Jimmy Karzwas 12 when he made his movie debut inLipLike Bruce Bogtroter, a student of the crunchy room that is forced by Miss Trunchbull to eat a full chocolate cake while she and her classmates monitor. This is one of the most memorable (and triumphant, because it ends it despite it) scenes in the movie.
Jimmy Karz: Now
In 1998, Karz acted inThe wedding singer and an episode ofEr, which are his most recent action credits. After completing his undergraduate degree at St. John's University, he worked like aassociate at MTV, byThe fact, a magazine published by the American Osteopathic Association.
However, he finally understood that working on television was not for him. Now, 37 years old, Karz is a doctor, having attended a medical school at the College of Osteopathic Medicine of Philadelphia. In 2020, he graduated from the Emergency Medicine Program atRutgers University. In his investigation into alumni on the program's website, he lists the mango and not the chocolate cake as a preferred dessert.
While Karz has ceased to act years ago, he always remembers what it was like filming his bigLipscene and what he taught him of the filmmaker. "For the love of continuity, every day, I had to have the chocolate painted on my face as it was painted the day before. I despised the smell of chocolate for a few weeks after that"he saidThe factIn 2015. "I realized that this actor is not easy. There are a lot of skills and professionalism involved."
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Kiami Davael: So
Kiami Davael, Then 10 years, the best Lavender Matilda, which welcomes Trunchbull by putting a new in its pitcher of water. As it was for Karz,Lipwas Davael's first role.
Kiami Davael: Now
AfterLip, Davael continued to act, making appearances in shows likeMoesha, Pretender, andIn the House. She paused from the University of Kentucky, where she specially specially in psychology and minority in 2008. She also wrote her own short film,Reckless, which was created in 2012.
Unlike many of his young peopleLipCostars, 34 years old isalways an interpreter, focusing specifically on singing and acting it.
Yet Davael is well aware that lavender is the role that is most associated - and it's very good with her. "And a lot of time, I feel that people will be curious and want to know where the lavender is," she saysUrban Girl Magazine In 2016. "I can certainly appreciate someone being curious in my career and what I do."
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Jacqueline Steiger: So
Jacqueline Steiger Was 10 when she played the role of Amanda Thripp, the little girl who lacked Traunchbull saves from her long blond mats.Lipwas his debut of the film.
Jacqueline Steiger: Now
The actor was in some different projects afterLipincluding the seriesYawn and the movieBeautiful. The notes of 34 years on itofficial site That she finally stopped acting to focus on school. She graduated from UCLA with a bachelor's degree in linguistics and anthropology and a minor in LGBT studies. She returned to act briefly in 2013 for webseriesForceand his newest credit is in the 2014 shorts,Risk cooking appliances.
Although it is no longer an actor, Steiger notedto uproxx In 2016, she liked FilmingLip, especially his great scene. Far from be afraid of the waterfall, she was leaving. "They had a little person to be my double waterfall, and I do not think she worked a lot because I was really excited to do all the climbing and spinning and the cascade team was really great, All the effects that people were so accommodating and so excited that I wanted to try everything, "she explained.
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Kira Spencer Cook: So
Kira Spencer Cook(Credited like Kira Spencer Hesser), aged 12 at the time, played at Hortensia. She is the older student who warns Matilda and Lavender on all the perverse things that the trunchbull has done, especially traping the cigold students when they behave badly. Before this movie, Cook was in 1994There is no such thing that a bush of Chanuka, Sandy Goldstein.
Kira Spencer Cook: Now
Athis website, the 37 years note that once it has finishedLipShe took an actor's break. She had her mastery in modern literature in London and returned to the business show in 2011. Cook has taken several concerts since, with her latest credit during the 2016 CourtChick. She is also the host ofThe series of trips Car without cars, what air on PBS.
to cookMarried her husband Tyler Cook In 2015. She frequently posts on her son and daughter, who couplerecently adopted, on Instagram.
Brian Levinson:
At the age of 14,Brian Levinson I played Matilda's big older brother, Michael, who is clearly the favorite child of his parents. Levinson had a handful of television roles before, including the host spot in episodes ofRosanneandThe prince of Bel-Air.
Brian Levinson: Now
AfterLip, Levinson appeared in an episode of 1997 ofBreastfield, and it was apparently for his actor career. Since leaving the company, he has kept his life very private. However, Levinson (left) has always joined his castmates for theAfternoon tea, a martilla meeting event in 2013.