'Matilda' Cast: Where Are They Now?

When Matilda debuted in 1996, no one knew what kind of impact it would have.

The comedy, coproduced and directed by star Danny DeVito, was based on the 1988 Roald Dahl novel of the same name and starred Mara Wilson as the film’s titular protagonist. Despite the book’s popularity, the movie wasn’t a box office hit, only earning around $33 million after having a $36 million budget. Still, it became a classic movie with a powerful message that stuck with its audiences.

“We really hoped that it would do something,” Wilson told Entertainment Tonight in 2021 to celebrate the film’s 25th anniversary. “There weren’t very many movies where intelligence is rewarded and resourcefulness is rewarded. There also weren’t that many movies about little girls and especially not little girls who had inner strength, so I think that we knew that we were doing something kind of special.”

While the Mrs. Doubtfire actress acknowledged that the movie wasn’t “a huge hit at the time,” she added that it gained an audience once it left the theaters. “The coolest thing is when people tell me they introduced their children to it, so they will say, ‘My daughter loves it, my son loves it. I watch it with my kids,’ and that is really cool to know that you are a part of something that is generational,” she added.

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