CHARACTER STUDY: Amy Spanger on Becoming Mrs. Wormwood of MATILDA

[@emmasullivan2274]

can we not compare performers please? just because you don’t embrace your character doesn’t mean you aren’t good. both are talented and have a good take on the character. EDIT: also i will add that she is right. Mrs. Wormwood is indeed abusive and a monster.

[@kirstyo1847]

AMY: I look like a clown QUEEN LESLI: I'm FABULOUS!

[@trishaverne1157]

See there's Amy, seeming to hate Mrs. Wormwood. 'She's abusive' And then there's Lesli, who IS Mrs. Wormwood. 'She is FABULOUS!!!!'

[@mgc1022]

Lol I completely agree!! Lesli went all in and owned it, 8 shows a week, for 2 1/2 years. *in Lesli voice* Amazeeeeiiunnnggg!!

[@catietommo]

Lesli is back!

[@mgc1022]

Catie Tomlinson 卌 Aaahhhhhh I know!! :D :D :D :D :D

[@ryanjankelowitz9710]

YES

[@ArabellaGloria]

i miss our queen lesli :((

[@גלעדסוירזנסקי]

Throwing shade at the Kardashians. I'm dead 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Athespian128]

I saw her and couldn't understand a word that came out of her mouth but that's okay because SHE SLAYED.

[@yagirl1014]

My type cast is way more like Mrs. Wormwood because I usually play divas or people who belt (although I’m a horrible dancer lol) but I knew when my theatre announced we were doing Matilda I had to be Miss Honey. I always wanted to be Matilda growing up because her life is very similar to mine (when I first saw the musical on Broadway I cried because she was so much like me and I’d never seen that before) but I grew out of the age the role is usually played by. So I decided if I couldn’t be Matilda I had to be the one who saves her. I even have a Matilda stuffed animal I’ve had for years who’s basically my comfort thing when I have panic attacks abd has helped me through my hardest days. A lot of people gave me heck about wanting to be that role, saying I couldn’t play it and that I was too big to play her and that I should play trunchbull or wormwood because of my size but I went for it anyway. Our music director said when I auditioned he knew right away it had to be me. He said it was so real and I have so much heart in my voice and I think maybe that’s why I was so good is because I really understand her. Whenever I look at Matilda and sing about how much I love her I think about my stuffed animal Matilda and the musical and how they both got me through so much and it’s very emotional for me. There’s so much about the show I love, hugging Matilda, getting to adopt her at the end, singing my house, etc. I think “everything I need is in here,” and “it isn’t much but it is enough for me,” is Miss Honey first singing about her house but the second time singing about Matilda and I think that’s the moment she decides she wants to adopt Matilda. But my most favorite part of the show is when I sing “This little girl this miracle she seems not to know that she’s special at all.” I just in a way feel like I’m singing to the younger version of myself who thought she was nothing and telling her everything is going to be okay. I’ve dealt with a lot of abuse in my life and I always wanted to be Matilda and have a Miss Honeys save me but in a way I think being Miss Honey has saved me in a way too.

[@MBM1117727]

I don't know why no one has liked this yet I loved this story and so glad you got to play Miss Honey :)

[@hannahmartinezcrow]

Mrs wormwood is my dream role. If the rights ever come out to perform Matilda I'm going for her. Loud looks like so much fun to do and the whole role is so different from anything I've ever done.

[@kristinagregg4425]

Hannah Martinez-Crow I know this is two years later, but I’m playing Mrs W at my Local Children’s theatre and I’m so excited to sing loud!!! Did you ever get the chance to play Mrs w??

[@hannahmartinezcrow]

pey vlogz I haven’t gotten to play her yet but I was cast in a production of matilda but it got cancelled because of the pandemic

[@kcorona7715]

I saw Amy as Mrs. W. in October and she freaking killed it!!

[@MissMaya170]

I JUST SAW HER MARCH 2ND SHE WAS SOOO GOOD!

[@lennyryan2304]

Saw her last week. TOTALLY AGREE!

[@adahellis3481]

This woman should of played miss honey with her attitude she sounds genuinely rlly nice

[@mollykotzin359]

"Cooter slam" Queen Lesli

[@Theolol-ex9zx]

Lesli is awesome

[@bzzarre815]

this one looks like a drag queen.

[@bzzarre815]

notice how i said "this one" (not a man or girl)

[@ArabellaGloria]

iconic

[@SeebsL]

It is monstrous to be an unwanted child, whose mother has no interest in being a mother and did not find an emotional connection to her daughter. No child deserves to be emotionally belittled nor neglected. However, no woman should have to birth, carry, and raise a child she does not want. It is worth noting that a woman cannot be unmotherly, finding joy and fulfillment in other ways, without being caricatured as a self-centered monster. That is what Mrs. Wormwood is: a caricature of a woman who has realized her only value in a world of Mr. Wormwoods is in her superficial existence, and tries to squeeze meaning out of dance.

[@laurenmcintyre4062]

Literally everyone: I mean she’s ok buuuuut... NO-ONE BEATS QUEEN LESLI!!!!!!!!!!! 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑

[@katielawrence5420]

I love Amy Spanger.

[@user-pi9sd4wp6d]

lesli will always be my no.1 ms w

[@ashleyoram9271]

I saw her last year!

[@kirstyo1847]

Forgive me if I'm wrong but i think lesli did a way better job at being Mrs. W, Amy is like: I play Mrs. W Lesli was like: I AM MRS. W also amy is like: SHE ABUSES MATILDA AND STUFF Lesli was like: SHES FABULOUS k im done

[@erzsieke]

Fr

[@ShelbyxPwns]

I love her

[@bylashbaby715]

Yes amy💜💜💜💜

[@jfaircloth76]

I love your costume.

[@cloudyskyes1024]

Am I the only person that realized that Amy also played Holly in The Wedding Singer

[@Lilyyym1212]

No

[@looser613]

3:22 this made me smile 😊

[@paigefurey8583]

I’m really desperate to act in Matilda the musical and be Amanda Thripp

[@annamariegray3209]

WE NEED LESLI

[@MissMiffed]

She had a great voice, but I couldn't understand a word she said when I saw the show last Saturday. Her English accent... was anything but English.

[@SkittlesSarahxx]

What did you mean you didn't understand her?

[@MissMiffed]

Her 'English accent' was the worst one I had ever heard. No diction whatsoever, it was just a load of garbling.

[@joshuabignall7601]

Can we have one of these for Michael wormwood

[@mayaharrison3138]

cooool

[@leighg6740]

She used to be married to micheal c Hall ❤️

[@drasonmeerrkat2617]

Why where you jumping on a trampoline

[@filigree4103]

Didn't matilda close?

[@ahluvdrums]

+filigree They just announced that it will close, but not until January 1, 2017

[@alexstvckey1127]

+ahluvdrums It is carrying on in the West End, London. So I'm not sure in Broadway or anything but it is carrying on in West End

[@ahluvdrums]

+FireFlame720 Flop The date I posted is the closing date on Broadway

[@bryceabell3990]

+ahluvdrums do u think it will ever come back on broadway

[@bridiemolloy8643]

Bryce Abell yes I think it will because it was so popular but maybe it'll be like Annie and return in a few years time

[@evashifflett2048]

Queen Leslie would be disappointed

[@maryy__mayy4023]

Candy Corn she wouldn’t though, she would be happy Amy is making Mrs. W her own own character

[@ellenshayesteh3881]

loved you in elf as jovie

[@bridiemolloy8643]

Ellen Shayesteh & Dane Schmidt - This is Amy Spanger in the movie elf Jovie was played by Zooey Deschanel

[@MBM1117727]

@@bridiemolloy8643 Um she played Jovie in the musical of Elf

[@That_Ozian]

She struts past and the gay flag waves

[@MBM1117727]

So much hate in this comment section wtf get over yourselves

[@meganmesses6389]

i was watching phantom things of this and then this was on my recommended.. also she looks like the girl from troom troom.. huh

[@Mirmir.0]

So I guess I’ll be the one to ask….what’s a cooter-slam? Is it what it sounds like? I don’t even want to google it. I just want to hear someone describe it to me.

[@leoniepoole802]

STOP COMPARING ACTORS

[@rebeccah2662]

First