By Kwon Mee-yoo It has been 30 years since Roald Dahl's quirky yet funny young rebel Matilda made her debut. However, the children's literature character still lives on in the pages of the book as ...

She thought that people liked her characters way more than they liked her. It could have been because she, herself, was a huge fan of Matilda. “I wanted to be her so badly,” she said to NPR.

The film was directed by Danny DeVito, who also played her father. TriStar Pictures The first movie adaptation of Matilda was released in 1996 and starred Mara Wilson as the titular character.

It has been 30 years since Roald Dahl's quirky yet funny young rebel Matilda made her debut. However, the children's literature character still lives on in the pages of the book as well as on the ...