According to Deadline, two-time Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes (Harry Potter films, The English Patient) has signed on to portray the role of Crunchem Hall Primary School’s evil headmistress Miss Trunchbull in Netflix’s newest film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel Matilda.
The film will also be based on the popular UK and Broadway musical stage play titled Matilda The Musical which also featured the strict headmistress being played by a man.
Other than her parents, the cruel headmistress Miss Agatha Trunchbull is also her biggest nemesis.
Matilda was first adapted into film in 1996 by actor-director Danny DeVito with Mara Wilson taking on the titular role.