Irish actress cast as Matilda in new Netflix version of the children s classic
What a magical break for her
Updated (Image: Tristar Pictures)
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11-year old Alisha Weir has been cast as Matilda in Netflix s musical adaptation of the iconic Roald Dahl book.
ALARM BELLS: Brendan Gunn This is worse than the Famine, one commentator wrote. Another called it the best film since Cats , referring to the 2019 flop. Revealing for the first time how the dialect work went so wrong, Gunn said: The production team contacted my agent Diane Kamp in the US when I was in Bucharest working with Colin Farrell. Originally I said I d write out a plan for the vocal work, which I intended to get going via Skype once the Bucharest project had tapered off. Then I would go to the location in Westport for the shoot.
However, he said, the film s producers felt that the plan, along with a recording I d done of the script, was sufficient and the cast was ready to shoot .