https://padlet.com/10363161/zhdn2646kbtp The Famous Novelist & Fighter Pilot en-us 2018-08-24 16:46:31 UTC 2018-08-27 15:58:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bagshop.png 10363161 https://padlet.com/10363161/zhdn2646kbtp/wish/275197785 Born in 1916 in Wales.
He was an orphan and bullied as a child.
He flew planes for Royal Navy.
When he lived in the US, he acted as a Spy for the British.
When creating his stories, he used events from his life.]]> 2018-08-24 16:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/10363161/zhdn2646kbtp/wish/275197785 10363161 https://padlet.com/10363161/zhdn2646kbtp/wish/275201102 Dahl had to write Matilda twice.
The actors of Matilda's parents are were actually married in real life.
In the movie version of Matilda, the portrait of Miss Honey's father is really a picture of the Roald Dahl himself.
A popular mistake in the movie is when Trunchbull throws the girl in the pigtail over that fence and she got dirty, but the following scene afterwards, she's clean.
Matilda's last name, Wormwood, is actually a shrub with a bitter taste and toxic properties.


]]> 2018-08-24 16:59:27 UTC https://padlet.com/10363161/zhdn2646kbtp/wish/275201102 10363161 https://padlet.com/10363161/zhdn2646kbtp/wish/275207495 Anjelica  Huston, the  actor of the Grand High Witch, was so hesitant to endure so much makeup.
Huston loves to make children scream, even in real life.
The greatest difference between the book and the movie was the ending, where Luke, the boy that turns to a mouse, stays as a mouse for the rest of his life and died on the same day as his grandma, who passed from old age.
The book went through several changes, with the help of an insightful editor.
There was struggles from what ending they should pick, but the screen-pressed audiences preferred the ending we know from the movie.]]> 2018-08-24 17:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/10363161/zhdn2646kbtp/wish/275207495 10363161 https://padlet.com/10363161/zhdn2646kbtp/wish/275212513 As a boy, Dahl was a taster for a chocolate company.
Chocolate espionage was a real thing, from companies the steal from other candy companies inventions.
The chocolate river was actually made of real chocolate, water, and cream. It spoiled fairly quickly and left a terrible smell.
When making the moviet, there was no script. So the studio sented and used the book.
The Boeing 707 shown in the film having Wonka Bars unloaded, named "Jet Clipper Climax," was destroyed in a crash in Bali, Indonesia in 1974 with 107 lives lost.]]> 2018-08-24 17:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/10363161/zhdn2646kbtp/wish/275212513