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Emma Thompson Says ‘Matilda The Musical’ Child Stars Didn’t Fear Her Terrifying Miss Trunchbull

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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 how she had trouble getting her child co-stars to loathe her. ”They thought I was Nanny McFucking McPhee,” she said referring to the stern-looking but soft-hearted nursery nurse she played on screen in Nanny McPhee and sequel Nanny McPhee Returns. “I was supposed to terrify them.

I mean, the characters they played were terrified of me, but they weren’t!,” the actress told Deadline at the after-party following the world premiere screening of Matilda The Musical, which opened the BFI London Film Festival at the Royal Festival Hall on Wednesday night.

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.

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