Roald Dahl Andrea Riseborough Matthew Warchus Tim Minchin London Film Festival Alisha Weir stage Music Roald Dahl Andrea Riseborough Matthew Warchus Tim Minchin London Film Festival Alisha Weir

I’ve won the lottery again and again with Matilda, says composer Tim Minchin

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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.

Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough play the trashy, TV-watching, money-obsessed Mr and Mrs Wormwood. Minchin, who was the composer and lyricist for the Olivier and Tony Award-winning show Matilda The Musical, told the PA news agency: “I feel like I’ve just won the lotto again and again with this thing. “I loved making it so much and I thought it would be good enough to go to the West End and that was about as far as my brain got. “But year after year I get to see new actors bring it back to life, new manifestations of it in schools and I get letters from people about what it means to them. “And then this, to see Lashana, Alisha (Weir) and what Matthew has done with this film, it’s not easy to take a stage musical and turn it into a feature film and I think he’s a brilliant, brilliant writer and creator. “I got to write a new song which was such a joy and I can’t wait to see it on the big screen. ”Arriving at the movie’s premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, newcomer Alisha Weir, who stars in the title role as Matilda, said all of the big name cast were her heroes.

She told PA: “It was my first ever big film, it was just amazing and I was quite nervous but they made me feel so welcome. “I was watching everything they were doing so I can be like them as well.

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