How Matilda Broke Free of Her Good Girl Past

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  • @christycarlsonromano
    @christycarlsonromano  Рік тому +96

    What's your favorite Mara Wilson movie??

    • @bluewolf2708
      @bluewolf2708 Рік тому +30

      Matilda is # 1

    • @takoholic
      @takoholic Рік тому +6

      I love all of the films she was in because she is one of my favorite childhood actresses ❤

    • @trinaq
      @trinaq Рік тому +6

      Either Matilda, A Simple Wish, or Thomas and the Magic Railroad.

    • @sebastianchirinos7714
      @sebastianchirinos7714 Рік тому +4

      Today is Aaron Taylor Johnson 's birthday

    • @animegamelover6368
      @animegamelover6368 Рік тому +6

      Matilda and Thomas and the Magic Railroad for me!

  • @davidwatts1208
    @davidwatts1208 Рік тому +461

    So you're telling me Matilda grew up and now reads books as a profession?
    Tell me that's not a storybook ending.

    • @TheAtomicBomb215
      @TheAtomicBomb215 Рік тому +6

      😂

    • @BeeKee404
      @BeeKee404 Рік тому +14

      I can actually see that being like a side job of Matilda's where her true profession is teacher but as we all know teacher wages are unfairly small so she does side work as an author and an audio book reader!

    • @RedRoseSeptember22
      @RedRoseSeptember22 Рік тому +3

      Right? LOL

    • @Funnylookingpotato
      @Funnylookingpotato Рік тому +2

      she also writes them for a living too.

    • @ThatDudeJerm
      @ThatDudeJerm Рік тому +2

      When she was talking about how her and Haley Joel Osment would see each other on campus, make eye contact, and look away. What she didn’t tell us was that just like Matilda, Mara is capable of telepathic communication.
      Haley, as he has gotten older, has manifested yet another extrasensory perception. Some might even call it his….Seventh sense….So now not only can Mr. Joel Osment see dead people; he is also capable of communicating Telepathically.
      They hungout/communicated, not physically jn person, just in their minds😁

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq Рік тому +324

    I read Mara's Cracked article on how child stars can become messed up adults, and it's very articulate and concise. Danny and Rhea looked after her extremely well during filming of Matilda, while Mara's mother was sick, and at least she got to see a copy of the finished movie before she passed away.

    • @christycarlsonromano
      @christycarlsonromano  Рік тому +43

    • @oooh19
      @oooh19 Рік тому +12

      Losing a parent is never easy but it must have been especially hard for her while working on such an amazing movie 🍿

    • @nonnidreams
      @nonnidreams Рік тому +24

      @@jadedheartsz
      That’s between Lindsay and Mara.
      And expecting Mara to just forgive her is cringe.
      Did Lindsay apologize, did she try to rebuild their friendship?
      And Mara doesn’t have to nor does she need to rebuild their friendship.
      Sometimes people fall out and that’s it.
      Why do you need them to become bffs again?
      Can’t you accept it and let it go?

    • @AJFilms14
      @AJFilms14 Рік тому

      Same! Years ago when I was kid, loved it a lot.

    • @alejandrorenteria098
      @alejandrorenteria098 Рік тому +5

      @@christycarlsonromano Can I make a suggestion as a subscriber of yours can you please include time stamps? That would help a lot with your podcasts 😊🙏🏽

  • @fritzesarah
    @fritzesarah Рік тому +52

    Mara has become the real life Miss Honey!!

  • @BrotherlyLovePod
    @BrotherlyLovePod Рік тому +107

    So much respect for Mara 🔥

  • @JinxDagger
    @JinxDagger Рік тому +127

    Mara saying "I always joke I have an audience of bisexual librarians," TOOK. ME. OUT. I'm biromantic asexual and still in library school but it's too real 😂 She's such a gem, seriously.

    • @carolineb5861
      @carolineb5861 Рік тому +7

      Library school??

    • @JinxDagger
      @JinxDagger Рік тому +10

      @@carolineb5861 Yeah! You typically need a Masters of Library Science degree to be a librarian.

    • @carolineb5861
      @carolineb5861 Рік тому +7

      @@JinxDagger wow I had no idea! That is intense!!!

    • @samanthahernandez6739
      @samanthahernandez6739 Рік тому +1

      fr why did she call us out like that!

  • @emily10055
    @emily10055 Рік тому +38

    Matilda is still one of my favourite movies, she was my childhood 🥺❤️

  • @blackbaptism
    @blackbaptism Рік тому +47

    Listening to her speak just makes me want to cry. I didn’t know Matilda was so intertwined with my childhood nostalgia. ♥️ They were literally just catching up with each other and I’m crying, wtf 😂

  • @VivaLaDnDLogs
    @VivaLaDnDLogs Рік тому +31

    Mara has that Chaotic Good vibe to her in everything she does. That never changes!

  • @WizardsPod
    @WizardsPod Рік тому +26

    Great episode, Christy! 🪄

  • @diogenes3300
    @diogenes3300 Рік тому +24

    This is an interest Podcast, Christy, because you've captured your own perfect niche - vulnerable conversations with nostalgiac child stars.

  • @jassy95
    @jassy95 Рік тому +4

    I loved this line ,
    "You obviously can't please everybody, but, also you're not for everybody." ❤

  • @shaunae1193
    @shaunae1193 Рік тому +12

    Mara Wilson-what an actual gem. The way she speaks and thinks is what I feel like I need to hear regularly. It’s almost like morning meditation to listen to her thoughts and opinions. She has the most relaxing speaking voice and I’m here for it 🖤

  • @clutchingpearls22
    @clutchingpearls22 Рік тому +10

    I have always loved her voice. She articulates her words so beautifully!

  • @Gokulosestoavirus
    @Gokulosestoavirus Рік тому +9

    Remember the Doug walker stuff?
    The fact she took it serious shows how passionate she is, and when she got the joke, she rolled with it. That speaks volumes of a person.

  • @animegamelover6368
    @animegamelover6368 Рік тому +19

    Mara’s a national treasure!!

  • @nicoleb6
    @nicoleb6 Рік тому +32

    I would love for you to look into the dance mom girls / Abby Lee Miller. Those girls went through some horrible things. You are doing great work Christy!

  • @PSL_Lover2024
    @PSL_Lover2024 Рік тому +2

    I haven't thought about Mara Wilson since I was a little kid watching her on Matilda and miracle on 34th! She is so well spoken I can just tell she's smart within the first few minutes of her speaking. I work as a teacher now and she reminds me so much of a teacher!

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq Рік тому +30

    At least Mara's parents kept her grounded, and reminded her that education was more important than childhood fame, which explains her grounded approach to Hollywood today.

    • @christycarlsonromano
      @christycarlsonromano  Рік тому +8

      I completely agree

    • @nathancruz9172
      @nathancruz9172 Рік тому

      @@christycarlsonromanome too.

    • @nathancruz9172
      @nathancruz9172 Рік тому

      That explains a lot.

    • @amylee8969
      @amylee8969 Рік тому +4

      Yes! Mind you, she lost her mom to cancer while she was filming Matilda. During the time, she was like 8 years old. But regardless of all that, her caretakers did a good job supporting and taking care of her. She escaped the “child star curse” by quitting acting at the tender age of like 13.

    • @nathancruz9172
      @nathancruz9172 Рік тому

      @@amylee8969 that’s a good choice to do the right thing.

  • @randinatkowitz2487
    @randinatkowitz2487 Рік тому +8

    Absolutely loved Mara in Mrs. Doubtfire!!

  • @rachelg4l434
    @rachelg4l434 Рік тому +3

    i just met Mara a few weeks back at north east comic con here in the UK, she was such a lovely person, love her!

  • @eljay1092
    @eljay1092 Рік тому +27

    It’s interesting how experience can make a situation like she went through on that cruise seem so small to others as a singular experience… but after listening, you realize that the significance is in the habits we form after we give in the first time, and the situations we end up in because we’re afraid to step on others toes. I respect so much that she tells that story to form a much larger picture. ♥️ I didn’t see this in myself until my late twenties.

    • @AvecPoesie
      @AvecPoesie Рік тому +1

      This is a wonderful and well-articulated assessment. I agree wholeheartedly. 🖤

  • @paulsmith8510
    @paulsmith8510 Рік тому +6

    Mara is the bomb. When I was little outcast gay boy, Matilda changed my life. She and I have the same initials and the same age so as a kid it made me feel cool.

  • @SuperSara924
    @SuperSara924 Рік тому +9

    I love Mara/Matilda! The book and movie resonated with me so much as a child I now have a tattoo of Matilda. Love seeing Mara on here, she’s such a lovely/well spoken person

  • @orland0110
    @orland0110 Рік тому +14

    Thank you so much for having the wonderful Mara Wilson in today's episode. Both you Christy and Mara are treasures. I absolutely love both of you! ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @klassicalmuzik
    @klassicalmuzik Рік тому +2

    I love Mara Wilson. She’s smart, beautiful, and talented.

  • @ajak281
    @ajak281 Рік тому +60

    Not to put her in a box- because im sure it gets old being labeled as one character, but she truly seems to embody Matilda so well- articulate and wise beyond her years, but constantly striving to learn more every day and be the best person they can be.
    I was born the year Matilda came out and it is still to this day one of my top 5 favorite movies.
    Love to see a childhood fave seemily thriving and happy and just being an all around great person!
    This was one of my fave episodes so far 😊

  • @brittanylee2024
    @brittanylee2024 Рік тому +5

    she was our childhood tbh mad respect for the woman that she has become it's safe to say that to this day that time sure has been kind to her

    • @millabasset1710
      @millabasset1710 Рік тому

      35 years old, she's in the prime of her life.

    • @brittanylee2024
      @brittanylee2024 Рік тому

      @@millabasset1710 no doubt about that time sure has been on her side lately she's looking fantastic for 35

  • @wiiiz3
    @wiiiz3 Рік тому +22

    people forget she was the 2nd biggest child star in the 90's after Macaulay Culkin.

  • @CierraPagel
    @CierraPagel 10 місяців тому

    Matilda has always been my #1 favourite movie… I struggled a lot with mental health and sexuality growing up and I would always resort to rewatching for the genuine joy it has always brought to my life.
    Now, hearing that Mara is a part of the community as well just reiterates that everything comes full circle.
    I thoroughly enjoyed this interview! Thank you!

  • @RedRoseSeptember22
    @RedRoseSeptember22 Рік тому +3

    Even seeing Mara now I can't unsee Matilda lol, she's Matilda :D ♥

  • @ojet013
    @ojet013 Рік тому +7

    "It took me too long to realize I don't take good pictures because I have the kind of beauty that moves" -ani difranco

  • @nathancruz9172
    @nathancruz9172 Рік тому +3

    It’s good to see you talking with Mara Wilson the second time.

  • @melparkerr
    @melparkerr Рік тому +4

    christy, you should be really proud of yourself. you really are having a second wave of influence on us in the most positive way and doing it on your own. you're doing such a good job.

  • @eternal.spiral
    @eternal.spiral Рік тому +4

    TO HEAR THE WORD ‘endometriosis’!!!!!!!! Girl I feel you, it is a tough one, sending so much love, this was an amazing episode !

  • @madimoe8331
    @madimoe8331 Рік тому +5

    Love love love it ❣️ I just came out last year, at 27. One month ago I was diagnosed with endometriosis. Matilda was always a friend, in my head. I love to learn how similar we are. Thanks for spreading the love ladies.

  • @grantgilbert2822
    @grantgilbert2822 Рік тому +8

    Thank you for being yourself, Mara, in the past and in the present. Always love hearing your perspective and witnessing the grace you’ve grown into. Great interview Christy! Stimulating stuff

  • @tamarawest6203
    @tamarawest6203 Рік тому +3

    So great to hear from Maraa after so many years.

  • @kristinmartin2899
    @kristinmartin2899 Рік тому +1

    I love Mara Wilson. I’ll have to watch later this morning because it’s 1 in the morning in Australia but cannot wait. She’s very eloquent in the way she speaks

  • @BrittanysMusicUtube
    @BrittanysMusicUtube Рік тому +6

    She is so much of my childhood!!!

  • @helloderek11
    @helloderek11 Рік тому +4

    Even though my brain still feels like mara is still the girl from Matilda and Mrs Doubtfire. She has become an amazing woman. Her memoir and her other accomplishments! Women empowerment! Just a regular person that happens to be in acting as a child. Great segment! Made me tear up just a little 😢 😊 ❤️

  • @arenjtumastens
    @arenjtumastens Рік тому +2

    Good to see Mara with you again, Christy!

  • @momakesgoodmeatloaf
    @momakesgoodmeatloaf Рік тому +1

    Christy has such a good connection with Mara. İ can totally feel it

  • @mollydavis5936
    @mollydavis5936 Рік тому +5

    I know it sounds silly but, my childhood wouldn’t have been the same without the movie Matilda. Seriously. Love her!

  • @ChazeyMusic
    @ChazeyMusic Рік тому +1

    50:39 I love Cristy singing, Could it Be is such a a good song

  • @daviderickson6597
    @daviderickson6597 Рік тому +1

    Matilda was my favorite movie when I was a kid. I can quote the WHOLE movie! Love you!

  • @tiamarrow6366
    @tiamarrow6366 Рік тому +7

    It’s the way I kept saying to myself for your past 5 videos……”Christy looks so familiar” my dumb self forgot that you were in Even Stevens, and Cadet Kelly. Cadet Kelly is actually the reason for why I became so obsessed with the military, and for why I have so much respect for the military.

  • @susangordon3794
    @susangordon3794 Рік тому +1

    She is so beautiful. Wow. Thanks for being an inspiration for me at five Mara.

  • @pokemontas8025
    @pokemontas8025 Рік тому +7

    Matilda is my favourite movie. ✨✨

  • @nonnidreams
    @nonnidreams Рік тому +5

    Really good to hear about the work you both are doing to help high performing children. And your commitment to it.
    And this was really healing in a way. I love how insightful and empathetic you both are and encouraging, and honest and vulnerable.

  • @AndresPracht
    @AndresPracht Рік тому +1

    Two of my favorite people ever, together... I love this ❤️❤️

  • @EvenMoreStevensPod
    @EvenMoreStevensPod Рік тому +16

    We love Mara 💙

  • @meganbryant4361
    @meganbryant4361 Рік тому +5

    I really enjoyed listening to this conversation. You two seem like such genuinely lovely people and I wish one day I can be part of a community that has such wonderful insight, connection and communication. I resonate so much with what Mara discussed, being a writer, and having body dysmorphia especially. Would love to have the confidence to be drawn naked?! Amazing! ❤love the podcast, so much respect for you both ❤

  • @writerspen010
    @writerspen010 Рік тому +1

    I love Mara! Her involvement in and endorsement of mental health resources years ago were a lifesaver to me. I immensely enjoyed her first book and can't wait to read her second!

  • @beowulphx
    @beowulphx Рік тому +1

    Loved Mara as "The Faceless old woman who secretly lives in your home" on Welcome to Nightvale! She would be a fantastic voice in any media!

  • @Gii7077
    @Gii7077 Рік тому +2

    I LOVE Mara. I look up to her and how she handles fame and has tried to forge a path she's actually COMFORTABLE with. She's the one famous person who really seems like she's talking with no media training at the forefront of her brain, she's just being herself, and knows that that's valuable and a net positive, to show herself and her story. And I'm glad she knows that. We love her AND YOU!

  • @vodkajaybulls
    @vodkajaybulls Рік тому +2

    Happy Tuesday C.C.R. & vulnerable/ podco crew. Happy for another fantastic epsde. ❤️💯!!!

  • @MollyVSmurl
    @MollyVSmurl Рік тому +3

    Matilda is still one of my top favorite movies of all time… I felt a lot like her growing up just being different (not in an abusive household) and also having some pretty psychotic teachers I always wish mine was Miss Honey.
    Either way, Mara grew up to be such an intelligent, self assured Babe.
    So happy for her and where she’s found her true self 🎉🎉🎉

    • @amylee8969
      @amylee8969 Рік тому +1

      Same I loved that movie.
      Danny Devito and his wife, who played Matilda’s mean parents, were some of her biggest support system. They looked out for her and treated Mara like their own daughter during a time when she was going through a lot. Her mom was terminally ill during that time.

    • @MollyVSmurl
      @MollyVSmurl Рік тому

      @@amylee8969 that’s so sweet!

  • @phire4694
    @phire4694 Рік тому +1

    Really enjoyed listening to this while I’m working

  • @margarcia4841
    @margarcia4841 Рік тому +1

    Literally why I love books. She’s my childhood

  • @D-RayMovieReviews
    @D-RayMovieReviews Рік тому +2

    Hey Christy, i really enjoy your podcasts here on UA-cam. This is another great one. I’ve been a big fan since Even Stevens back in the early 2000’s. That was always my favorite show in the Zoog Disney era for me growing up in my early teens back then

  • @Anyonka
    @Anyonka Рік тому +3

    Matilda or A Simple Wish! ❤ Thank you so much CCR for such a wonderful channel!

  • @Dr.Gold-Dry-Bowser
    @Dr.Gold-Dry-Bowser Рік тому +7

    I feel old when seeing these celebrities. We use to be kids back then. Now we're all adults.

    • @oooh19
      @oooh19 Рік тому +1

      Yea agreed! Time marches on

    • @Dr.Gold-Dry-Bowser
      @Dr.Gold-Dry-Bowser Рік тому +1

      Time has been slow for me as of late. Back then it was really fast.

  • @paigealicious90
    @paigealicious90 Рік тому +1

    GOD BLESS YOU MARA :) the most soothing voice and genuine person! Thanks Christy for interviewing the goodies!

  • @shanec3610
    @shanec3610 Рік тому +5

    We're his God damn kid's too 😂 if you know you know 💅

  • @inspiredtoenrich
    @inspiredtoenrich Рік тому +7

    This was such a great episode! There are so many relatable moments... it was like hanging out with two good friends. PS- I'm a teacher :)

  • @Marquiiiss
    @Marquiiiss Рік тому +3

    this was a fun one i enjoyed Mara. would love to see Michelle Tractenberg as a guest

  • @nicolemuti4044
    @nicolemuti4044 Рік тому +1

    I love both of you 2 were involved in Big Hero 6: The Series

  • @irisalexander
    @irisalexander Рік тому +2

    i mean this with the upmost respect to her and other child stars, but it is insane to see how put together and sure of herself that mara is compared to other child stars that never left the industry at any point...

  • @NedsPod
    @NedsPod Рік тому +10

    Matilda ❤🤓

  • @EdwardSanchezProductions
    @EdwardSanchezProductions Рік тому +5

    Oh my god I love Matilda so much

  • @MinaRose2023
    @MinaRose2023 Рік тому +1

    Ok I love how Mara said everyone that creates has like a niche of supporters and fans.

  • @Queencrazy1997
    @Queencrazy1997 Рік тому +1

    Love Mara. Agree she looks fantastic

  • @tjbasham7824
    @tjbasham7824 Рік тому +1

    Love this episode!!! I would love to see production of you, Mara, and Jonathan! OMG! That would rock!!!!!

  • @JACCO20082012
    @JACCO20082012 Рік тому +2

    I talked to her a little bit on Twitter many years ago and she just seemed very bitter and angry. It's good to see that she seems to be in a better place.

    • @thecunninlynguist
      @thecunninlynguist Рік тому +1

      you could possibly blame Lindsay Ellis for that. Ellis bullied her and tried to gatekeep

    • @xia1494
      @xia1494 Рік тому

      What happened

  • @RaissaEusou
    @RaissaEusou 7 місяців тому

    Librarian here 🙋‍♀I watched Matilda when I was a kid, and it turned out to be my favourite movie!

  • @Janicechennault
    @Janicechennault Рік тому +2

    Not a librarian or a teacher but I homeschool my kids and am addicted to books. 😂 🤦🏻‍♀️ well close enough 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣

  • @gretchenwieners7023
    @gretchenwieners7023 Рік тому

    Love her so very much! So happy to see she’s doing well.

  • @SparkleP8nter
    @SparkleP8nter Рік тому

    Wow... I bought a copy of Matilda YESTERDAY, THE DAY THIS VIDEO CAME OUT!! 😅🎉
    Didn't see ur video til just now!

  • @katom1544
    @katom1544 10 місяців тому

    Matilda is a classic beauty❤❤❤

  • @AJFilms14
    @AJFilms14 Рік тому

    I remember loving her cracked article about being a child star in Matilda

  • @elisaoropeza5876
    @elisaoropeza5876 Рік тому +1

    Wow Mara is still so much like her character Matilda in the movie love her so much I'm her biggest fan!😅❤ The movie Matilda never gets old i watched it since i was little even though i wasnt born when she made the movie! 😂

  • @starryeyeschick
    @starryeyeschick Рік тому +1

    Of course Mara’s fans are bi librarians and teachers. She did play Matilda. 😁 Matilda will always be my favorite of her movies. I’ve seen it way too many times. A Simple Wish is a close contender, though. I love Mara! She’s one of my favorite people. Great interview!

  • @awesomeadamfrom2099
    @awesomeadamfrom2099 Рік тому +5

    Awesome job christy thumb up with podcast

  • @monagonzalez8123
    @monagonzalez8123 Рік тому

    Loved her in miracle on 34th street! And of course Matilda!!!!!! ❤😊

  • @mishaa7263
    @mishaa7263 Рік тому +3

    so many millennials would watch this but simply can't find this platform, she was so popular in the 90's but everyone's old now and not online that much

  • @rogueryder3285
    @rogueryder3285 Рік тому +2

    It's so weird for me to see her grown up. She's always been the 90s baby to me

  • @ania5038
    @ania5038 Рік тому +1

    I listened to the audiobook too and it was great.

  • @MollyMA13
    @MollyMA13 Рік тому +2

    I loved this interview. It just made me sad how incredibly incredibly self-conscious she comes off as being. Maybe she isn’t really, but many things she said make me believe it’s true.

  • @xOperationIvy
    @xOperationIvy Рік тому +1

    Mara is so awesome!

  • @KyleTipton.
    @KyleTipton. Рік тому +2

    She's such and honest/brilliant women... Mara is awesome and christy, You're an amazing host. You can tell people are so comfortable with you. Keep it up!❤

  • @TylerMyers94
    @TylerMyers94 Рік тому +1

    Mara's the best!

  • @justinmuscatello8047
    @justinmuscatello8047 8 місяців тому

    I cant believe i wasnt subscribed to your poscast i thought i was smh i have always loved you from the first time i saw you on the even stevens

  • @truecolours412
    @truecolours412 Рік тому +2

    Me, sipping tea, very excited to see two of my favourites have a conversation: 😌
    Mara and Christy: "All our fans are bisexual teachers..."
    Me: 😱

  • @cjrebirth
    @cjrebirth Рік тому

    ❤ so cool seeing you guys talk again

  • @mikebostic9518
    @mikebostic9518 Рік тому

    Still a Matilda fan to this day

  • @dani23dani85
    @dani23dani85 Рік тому +1

    The video I needed :)

  • @TreyMcDonaldAnimator
    @TreyMcDonaldAnimator Рік тому +1

    Wait, I'm an animator and I don't s**t on audiobooks LOL regardless... Mara is leading her own charge, respect for breaking the child actor curse.

  • @stardusth2o
    @stardusth2o Рік тому

    What a wonderful conversation.

  • @BarbieBoy
    @BarbieBoy 6 місяців тому

    CHRISTY! PLEASE TELL MARA WILSON THAT THOMAS AND THE MAGIC RAILROAD STILL HAS A HOLD ON ME FROM MY CHILDHOOD!