Emma Thompson cuddles husband while Stephen Graham puckers up to wife Hannah Walters at Matilda The Musical premiere

Anton Du Beke, 56, who worked as a professional dancer on the show since it began in 2004, revealed that after his co-star Brendan Cole, 46, was cut from the show he feared for his own place, saying he never took it for granted or a given that he was going to be invited back the following year.The admission came when Anton appeared on an episode of Lorraine back in 2018.Speaking to the Glaswegian presenter, Anton said that Brendan’s exit from the show came as a complete shock, hinting that it had been an “editorial decision” by BBC bosses.In fact, Anton only found out that Brendan was leaving the show after Brendan himself appeared on Lorraine to drop the bombshell.“[I was] stunned,” Anton said to Lorraine.“It was one of the saddest things I've watched on telly. I was heartbroken for him, for me a little bit as well, I'm going to miss him enormously.

Strictly Come Dancing, showed off her "battle wounds" on Instagram yesterday.The singer took to the picture-sharing site and revealed she suffered a blunder while doing a camera run.Taking to her stories, the singer spoke candidly with her 115,000 followers, as she shared her issue behind the scenes on Friday night.Showing off her platinum blonde hair, Molly mused: "So I've just finished my camera run and I've got the battle wound to prove it."She lifted her hand towards the camera and showed a cut on her hand.Speaking of her gruelling training schedule, the amateur dancer added: "So, yeah... I'm tired."She took to Instagram again today and shared a post from a fan who urged Strictly viewers to vote for her and dancing partner Carlos.Diamente penned: "Make sure to vote tonight please @gkx_carlos @mollyrainford @bbcstrictly."Meanwhile, Molly has been a consistent performer on Strictly this year as the on-screen star has been tipped to lift the Glitterball Trophy.This weekend she will be dancing her Couples’ Choice to the Grange Hill theme tune and she is excited to give it everything she's got.Expert Gary Edwards told Express.co.uk how Molly was "on the list" to lift the Glitterball Trophy this year."I think they are pretty well-placed by now, they are hovering but hovering at a very good level."You have got to give it everything all the time, from the moment they walk on to when they are talking to the judges, to when they walk off."He added: "She's like sunshine.

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Emma Thompson said the late Alan Rickman could be “terrifying” – but when he was funny he was “hilarious”. The Oscar-winning actress, 63, worked alongside Rickman throughout his career, including playing his wife in the romantic comedy Love Actually. A collection of the Harry Potter star’s diaries have been published following his death in 2016 aged 69, giving readers an intimate look at his life and career.

Matilda, which is also now a West End production, is set to make its way onto cinema and TV screens later this year, with an all-singing, all-dancing cast.The first movie adaptation of Matilda was released back in 1996 and the children's classic, which will now be turned into a musical movie, centers around a young girl called Matilda, a child prodigy who develops psychokinetic abilities and uses them to deal with her unloving family and ruthless headmistress, Miss Trunchbull.The new movie, which will be officially released in cinemas in the UK, has recently premiered at the BFI London Film Festival for the first time and has received raving reviews so far.But when will the movie be released and who is in the cast? Here's everything you need to know:Matilda the Musical will be released in cinemas on December 2, 2022 in the UK.For the rest of the world, Matilda the Musical will be released on Netflix later in the month, with a date yet to be confirmed.The cast of Matilda the Musical movie features both household names and new faces who are breaking out into the film industry for the first time.Newcomer Alisha Weir will take on the role as Matilda alongside a strong supporting cast including Emma Thompson, who will star as the villainous Miss Trunchbull.The award-winning actress is known for her roles in Harry Potter, Sense and Sensibility, and Love Actually.Emma will be joined by Lashana Lynch, who recently starred in James Bond movie No Time to Die, as Matilda's lovable teacher, Miss Honey.Matilda's parents, Mr and Mrs Wormwood, will be played by This is England's Stephen Graham and Birdman's Andrea Riseborough respectively.Other cast members include Have I Got News For You's Sindhu Vee as librarian Mrs Phelps, and a

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winner Emma Thompson, who plays Miss.Trunchbull, the horrible headmistress who bullies a book-loving schoolgirl and her classmates in Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, has revealed how she had trouble getting her child co-stars to loathe her.

Emma Thompson picks up her young co-star Alisha Weir in a cute hug during the Matilda The Musical photocall in London on Wednesday afternoon (October 5).

Emma Thompson was joined by her daughter Gaia, 22, and husband Greg Wise at the premiere of Matila The Musical at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Wednesday. The actress, 63, who plays Miss Trunchbull in the film, cut a stylish figure as she walked the red carpet alongside her fellow co-stars. Emma donned a beige leather jacket for the evening with a tassel detail which she wore with black trousers.

Tim Minchin said it is surreal hearing his music as the soundtrack to Hollywood blockbuster Matilda The Musical. The movie based on Roald Dahl’s beloved book kicked off the 66th edition of the London Film Festival on Wednesday, two months before its cinematic release. Directed by Tony winner Matthew Warchus, it stars Dame Emma Thompson as bullish headteacher Miss Trunchbull and Bafta rising star Lashana Lynch as Matilda’s kindly teacher Miss Honey.

Netflix’s latest film, Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical. Starring Emma Thompson as Mrs Trunchbull, Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey and Stephen Graham as Mr Wormwood – alongside newcomer Alisha Weir as the heroine herself - this new Matilda is an adaption of the beloved West End play, which has racked up dozens of awards worldwide ever since its launch in 2013. It marks the first film in an ambitious project for Netflix, which acquired the rights to Roald Dahl’s entire collection in 2019 for a staggering sum.

Manori Ravindran International Editor Musicals aren’t for everyone, but “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” seemed to be right on tune for the BFI London Film Festival. The Netflix movie adaptation of the stage musical, which debuted in the West End in 2012, opened the 66th edition of the festival on Wednesday night, where despite starting 45 minutes late, it found an appreciative audience in the Royal Festival Hall crowd, which included a number of revolting children. The Netflix and TriStar Pictures pic stars Emma Thompson as psychotic headmistress Miss Trunchbull, Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey, Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough as Matilda’s parents and Sindhu Vee as confidante Mrs. Phelps.

There are stories so good they can withstand any amount of retelling. Matilda began life as Roald Dahl’s rollicking tale of an outrageously spirited, clever little girl who defeats the bullying headmistress whose vocation is to make children miserable. The Royal Shakespeare Company turned it into a Christmas musical that burst the banks of the festive season, running for years and winning seven Olivier Awards in 2012 in London, then five Tonys the following year in New York. Now, director Matthew Warchus, along with writer Dennis Kelly and songwriter Tim Minchin, has directed the London Film Festival opener Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical for the screen. And once again, it is an absolute blast.

Guy Lodge Film Critic What children love about Roald Dahl’s books is the very thing other writers tend to dodge when adapting them: that icy, unapologetic streak of misanthropy, so exhilarating to kids who have been instructed to see the good in everyone, opening their eyes to the nastier, more ironic adult world that awaits them. Even the craftiest, classiest Dahl adaptations tend to mollify that cruelty somewhat: Nicolas Roeg’s “The Witches” is viciously frightening but tacks on an unmitigatedly happy ending, while Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” muffles the violent survivalism of its source tale with its director’s more gently quirky world-building. Already based on one of his kindlier stories, “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” further softens matters by pruning the presence of its funniest adult grotesques to accommodate more child’s-eye exuberance. The long-late author probably would have grumbled; young viewers will be delighted nonetheless.

Emma Thompson, Stephen Graham, and Lashana Lynch passed through the London Film Festival on Wednesday, where they discussed their new film Matilda The Musical, directed by Matthew Warchus.

Vanity Fair.Thompson’s days spent in the buff with Goldblum, 69, were when they were filming the 1989 rom-com “The Tall Guy.”“We were both so nervous,” she admitted. “We both had indigestion I think for two weeks beforehand.

The Crown once played a grumpy whip-wielding tyrant. Meg Bellamy is seen scowling as Miss Trunchbull – the demonic head in Roald Dahl’s Matilda. She was in her early teens and, her old performing arts tutor says, was already a star in the making.