Enjoy Benjamin P.'s interview with Alisha Weir and Emma Thompson (Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical)

Enjoy Benjamin P.'s interview with Alisha Weir and Emma Thompson about Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical. Emma Thompson is described as one of the best actresses of her generation; she has received various accolades throughout her career spanning four decades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globes, a British Academy Television Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. Alisha Weir was born in 2009 in Dublin, Ireland. She is an actress, known for Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, Don't Leave Home and Darklands.

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical is a 2022 musical fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Matthew Warchus from a screenplay written by Dennis Kelly. An adaptation of the 2011 stage musical of the same name by Warchus, Kelly, and Tim Minchin, which itself is based on the 1988 novel Matilda by Roald Dahl, the film, co-produced by TriStar Pictures, Working Title Films, and Netflix, is also the second film adaptation of the novel, after the 1996 American film (also produced by TriStar). The film stars Alisha Weir as the title character, alongside Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Sindhu Vee, and Emma Thompson.

A film adaptation of Matilda the Musical was first announced in November 2013, with Warchus and Kelly reportedly attached to return as director and writer, respectively. In January 2020, the project was officially announced, and Warchus and Kelly's returns were confirmed, as well as Minchin, who revealed he was returning to write new songs for the film. Christopher Nightingale, who had written background music for the musical, was also hired to return as composer of the film's incidental score. The cast was filled out between January and April 2021, including Weir, Lynch, Thompson, Graham, and Riseborough. Principal photography took place beginning in May 2021 in Ireland.

Matilda the Musical had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on October 5, 2022, and was released in the UK on November 25, 2022, by Sony Pictures Releasing International through TriStar Pictures, while in the U.S., the film was theatrically released on December 9, 2022, in addition to being available to stream on Netflix on December 25. The film has received positive reviews from critics, with praise for Thompson's performance.

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