Danny DeVito has a favorite memory of working with ex Rhea Perlman on ‘Matilda’
22.03.2024 - 22:37
/ nypost.com
Danny DeVito, but one wild scene is his best memory of working with ex Rhea Perlman on the movie “Matilda.”“I think when they bleach my hair is my favorite,” DeVito, 79, told The Post of the 1996 film in which he played Mr. Wormwood. “I came in, and Rhea [as Mrs.
Wormwood] is coming out of the kitchen — giving me my sugar-coated cereal we eat at the Wormwood house. And she goes, ‘Snickerdoodle!’ and she throws it up in the air when she sees me. “I think that’s one of my favorites.
The kids — Matilda and her brother sitting there — give me that deadpan look.” DeVito, who also directed the family flick based on Roald Dahl’s cherished novel, will revisit the film during the upcoming “Matilda in Concert” event at the State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick. The actor will play the narrator onstage, like he did in the movie, while the New Jersey Symphony will play David Newman’s score. Perlman, who separated from DeVito in 2017, and “Matilda” herself Mara Wilson will join him on Friday, March 22.The exes first announced their separation in October 2012.
They later reconciled in March 2013 before splitting for good. They have daughters Lucy, 41, and Grace, 38, and son Jacob, 36.“We’re trying to get a few of the other characters who were in the movie to come and visit with us that night,” DeVito added. Fans will get to hear the live music while they watch actor Jimmy Karz, as hungry Bruce, scarf down a mountain of decadent dessert on screen.
DeVito said that shot 28 years ago was particularly memorable.“I did a lot of takes on the chocolate cake,” he said. “Our Bruce Bogtrotter — wonderful young man — and we had lots of cake.“Emily Ferry was our prop mistress. She made tons of cake, and Jimmy just ate.