See The Moment Alisha Weir Found Out She Landed ‘Matilda’ Role

And we're back with the incomparable Emma Thompson and her super duper talented co-star 13 year-old Alicia Weir. They are starring in the incredible new movie world dolls, Matilda the musical it's based on the novel and the place that terrible and she is terrible miss trunchbull head mistress of the boarding school until that attends take a look. It's the maggot known as night job. I'm down to those places. You see not just from the red, but chronic sleep disorder, not collapsing. And what is your name. It's all the way. You go. Can we just say we're so thrilled that you're here you are absolutely magnificent okay, and you've always loved to act and sing does this feel like a dream come true. Definitely I have and 2 older sisters, I'm Katie and Emma Jane and they both do it as well they went to a state school so I think when I was when I was just trying to follow in their footsteps and like I was just waiting until I was old enough until I could go into the stage go and be like that and then do that thing in class is that I'm just really trying to follow in their footstep okay, I'm in love with you that whole family is here which is the cutest thing who came and my mom my dad, my sister and my I have another sister, but she couldn't call. You know what I was I was just trying to imagine what it must have felt like to be you when you got the role we actually have a little clip of you learning that you are the one who was selected take a look. With that feel like Alicia it was on my mom's birthday. I think. I told you it was going to happen. Now we have finally jet lag, it's jet lag. I do with you you are a little bit of work. Haha yeah, it was on my mom's birthday and I don't think you can really plan like what kind of reaction you're going to have because you don't know what way it could go and I was meant to do like a different sort of class my mom was like the director Matt you want to talk to you and my whole family was there and we didn't really know what to think I knew that's like so many incredible kids must have auditioned for it so I didn't want to get too excited and my sister is like we'll take a video of it and I was like I don't know. But if it's like and now what do you get quickly haha so glad it was a yes and Emma one of the things that we learned while researching you is that obviously you won every award there is here this accomplished incredible actress, but you did have a variety show that was not a success and I only ask because I feel like kids these days aren't allowed to fail. Yeah, I feel like they're not allowed to fail. I think they're so important what did you learn from that from that she had a variety show that was not a success is hard to believe because every. Yeah, but it was it was really really important one of the most important things I've ever done. It's it because it was a big thing it was a really big thing and it took a lot of work and it's a bit like if you know you've done let but later in life, you know if you do something like until the huge thing that takes a year and a half to make and then it doesn't work and it's like you feel like all the stuffings being taken out of you like a teddy bear that's just been to take a look at it. And and then you recovering you sort of discover what you might have done differently. And then it always leads you in a different direction. Well success. Note of Ben a which is laughing, but which is what we're having now what you're having a very young age is something that it's a really nice feeling and then it goes away and then what you do so actually both things are important you can't fail you have to pay because they just go to know what I'm going to something yeah, yeah, I'm going going to be a chef. But I have been a success that's nice that's a good. Good for the next thing you do needs to be absolutely. Just make sure all right that it's just not good. Probably not going to happen, but anyway because she said she's and what we adore you we don't want you to we don't want you to leave your amazing you guys this everyone's going to wild success movie of the season and we're so thrilled that you all came to be with us today, thanks. And roll dolls Matilda the musical if you're a fan of all doll if you're not you're going to love it. It premieres in select theaters on Friday and get ready because it's on netflix on Christmas Day.