Did the Titular Character Have a Brother in 'Matilda'?
In Which Version of 'Matilda' Did the Titular Character Have a Nasty Big Brother?
By Bianca PiazzaDec. 27 2022, Published 4:12 p.m. ET
When British writer Roald Dahl revealed his quirky novel about a brilliant, cultured, disregarded little girl boasting telekinetic powers in 1988, he could not have predicted how iconic his tale would develop into even three decades later. Roald Dahl's Matilda famously changed into a cinematic sensation in Emmy winner Danny DeVito's (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) 1996 movie of the identical name — which stars Mara Wilson (Mrs. Doubtfire), Rhea Perlman (Cheers), Pam Ferris (Rosemary & Thyme), Embeth Davidtz (Schindler's List), and the director himself.
In 2022, the captivating story hit the big screen (in addition to Netflix) once once more with Matthew Warchus's Matilda the Musical. Starring Alisha Weir (Don't Leave Home) as the titular character, this recent adaptation is in accordance with the degree manufacturing Matilda, which wowed audiences on London's West End in 2011 and Broadway in 2013.
Though there are several delicate variations between the original novel and all of the Matilda diversifications, we are right here to discuss Matilda's murky circle of relatives life. More specifically, does Matilda have a brother or is she an most effective child?
Little Matilda has a brother in the 1996 film, but not in the 2022 musical flick.
Matilda has an older brother named Michael Wormwood in both the e book and the 1996 film. According to Seventeen, in the West End production, Michael "is portrayed as being lazy and not caring much about Matilda."
The older bro doesn't exist in the 2022 musical version of Matilda.
In the ebook, Michael is described as an strange boy — the reverse of his atypical, unique, and self-sufficient little sister. He's 5 years older than Matilda and has a factor for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, which we utterly get. (Specifically, he adores strawberry jam.)
"Matilda's brother Michael was a perfectly normal boy, but the sister, as I said, was something to make your eyes pop. By the age of one and a half her speech was perfect and she knew as many words as most grown-ups," the book reads.
In the film, Michael (Brian Levinson) is a little brat, to not point out a bully. Essentially, he is a miniature version of his seedy used car salesman father, Harry Wormwood (Danny DeVito).
In one particular scene, Harry teaches his son to show again the numbers on a automobile's odometer, which, in fact, is against the law. While an excited Michael responds with one phrase: "Cool," a dissatisfied Matilda calls her father a crook.
Whether he's flinging meals in his sister's face or calling her "Dip Face," Michael is a reminder that the apple ceaselessly doesn't fall some distance from the tree. Matilda, on the different hand, is obviously from a other tree.
Matilda the Musical is currently streaming on Netflix.
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