I caught the children's film "Matilda" earlier on Mio TV, and it is one of the best movies I've watched since frickin Forrest Gump. The lead actress who played Matilda, Mara Wilson (Now 23 years old) was so adorable then. But the thing that caught me stunned, was this:

The film is based on Roald Dahl's book "Matilda" and it revolves around how people should be strong to different crisis in our lives. Matilda is a strong willed person, standing up to challenges in her childhood including family rejection. She worked her way through the storm and ended up with everything she could ever ask for, a loving family.

but I did some homework on the film, and this was what i found out:

Wikipedia - Wilson's mother, Susan Shapiro, was from the Chicago suburb of Northbrook, Illinois, and was heavily involved in drama in high school; her mother died from breast cancer in 1996, when Mara was 9, during the filming of Matilda.^[1] She first became interested in acting when she was four.


Guess sometimes, we complain about small little troubles in our lives and we go on to say stuff like "FML" while people are out there facing bigger problems and settling them with a brave stance. Although Mara Wilson may not have the same attitude as Matilda in the film, dealing with a problem in real life and acting in a fairytale film about something more or less similar to your dillemma at the very same time, doesn't make it easier at all.