
Emma Thompson, Matilda the Musical, Bones and All, She Said & Pinocchio
Kermode & Mayo’s Take
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Is Trunchball a Scary Movie?
There were 210 children and they were like Trojans. Matthew Ward just said, could you please stop hugging the children? There's a post being frightened of you, but I loved them so much. They'd all been working and dancing and rehearsing for 18 months. Very different, very different, obviously, to the Danny DeVito version,. which was done. Yes, oh, absolutely. And I'd seen the brilliant Bertie Colville playing Trancheball and written him a fan letter. So I was very scared to have to follow in his genius footsteps and tried very hard not to do the voice as well.
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