Throughout filming for this ‘90s basic, Rhea and Danny took eight-year-old Mara Wilson, who performed Matilda, underneath their wing after her mother was identified with breast most cancers.
In her memoir, The place Am I Now?, Mara recalled the way in which that her grownup costars stepped as much as assist her throughout this troublesome time in her life, and the way she would recurrently have sleepovers and playdates at their dwelling whereas her mother acquired medical therapy.
Mara’s mother sadly died quickly after filming wrapped, simply over a yr after she was first identified, and Mara remembered feeling heartbroken that her mother — who Danny devoted the film to — hadn’t been in a position to watch the completed mission earlier than her loss of life.
Years later, Danny advised Mara that he had taken an early lower of Matilda to her mother in hospital with out anyone figuring out.
Danny and Rhea remained shut with Mara lengthy after they completed working collectively, and are nonetheless on extremely good phrases in the present day.
