Everyone is in the sky, and we’re the ones who are constantly trying to stay on the ground.ĭid you learn anything from working with so many child actors? I relied on my conversations with Matthew, which helped me realize that Miss Honey - and Matilda, to a certain extent - offers balance. And there are these really delicate, tiny human beings who are running around your feet every day. If I were to come in and be like, “Well, my backstory is …” ( Laughs.) You have to just fall into the fold and be as easygoing as possible. I mean, we’ve got hundreds of kids on set. Coming from drama school and over 10 years in the industry, you want to make sure you’ve done all of the right things by your character, that you’re having all the right conversations with the director, that you are on point for that first day of school. What was the biggest challenge with this role? Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey in Netflix’s Matilda the Musical. This is the other side of the coin, but that’s why it was so exciting. I come from straight theater - I’m used to drama. It’s like Shakespeare - what’s your version going to be? I had this great conversation with at the top about what Miss Honey was going to be, and I was terrified that I was going to mess it up. I tried multiple times to see the show and could never get a ticket, which I’m really glad about, actually. Yes! I read and reread the book as a child. Were you a Matilda fan before signing on as Miss Honey? In a nutshell, it was just what I needed. I got to work with children and to be delicate I got to learn more about myself and how I want to approach a character. Sometimes it doesn’t always have a place. But I feel like with all of the confident human beings I’ve portrayed, I’ve always tried to weave in some questioning of self or self-doubt, self-deprecation, anxiety. I love being in charge as a human being and playing lovely characters who have a lot of confidence. I’ve been desperate to someone who is fragile, vulnerable, emotional and heart on sleeve and doesn’t really know what to do themselves. I want to talk about Matilda first because Miss Honey is so different from the characters you’re known for. Israeli 'Harry Potter' Fan Noya Dan, Grandmother, Found Dead After Hamas Terrorist Attacks The actress recently spoke with THR about finding the throughline between these back-to-back roles and what she learned from her powerhouse co-stars. As Miss Honey, the kind and supportive teacher who attempts to protect the young title character from the cruel and brutish headmistress Miss Trunchbull (played by Emma Thompson), Lynch had to embrace her softer, less confident side - and belt some tunes. But it was Netflix’s Matilda the Musical, based on the Roald Dahl novel and subsequent stage musical that played the West End and Broadway, that was the major departure from Lynch’s string of badass characters. While it required intense training (and doing her own stunts), it fit right along with the other roles in Lynch’s filmography - among them a pilot in Captain Marvel and a secret agent in No Time to Die. In Sony’s The Woman King, she plays Igozie, a member of the historical, all-female warrior unit known as the Agojie, led by Viola Davis’ General Nanisca. For Lashana Lynch, 2022 was all about showing off her range.
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