Child Stars with Mara Wilson

Flightless Bird

David Farrier

Comedy, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

In this weeks Flightless Bird, David and Rob talk to Mara Wilson about being a child star in films like Mrs Doubtfire, Miracle on 34th Street and - of course - the titular character in Matilda. Wilson has had time to reflect on those years, both the good and the bad - and explains what she’s found out. Mara - a podcaster, actor and author also appeared in the HBO documentary Showbiz Kids, so she’s been thinking about this stuff for awhile.Upcoming live show dates:3/29 in Salt Lake City at the Depot https://bit.ly/flightlessSLC4/2 in Austin at Emo's https://bit.ly/flightlessATX4/4 in Dallas at the Texas Theatre https://bit.ly/flightlessDFWFeedback: flightlessbirdchat@gmail.comJoin us for bonus episodes on Patreon: patreon.com/flightlessbird Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi David.
0:06.3	Hi, Rosabel.
0:07.5	How are you?
0:08.5	I'm good. How are you?
0:10.3	I think I've got my podcast voice on.
0:12.9	Oh, do you? I didn't even notice. I was too distracted because I'm in a weird place.
0:21.6	Emotionally or geographically?
0:24.5	I'm inside the offices at Teapapa, but I am, you know, everyone's being really quiet,
0:31.5	so I'm trying to speak quietly too.
0:33.3	For our international listeners that may not know what to papa is, what is it?
0:39.7	It is our National Museum.
0:42.2	And I'm down here launching a different podcast to Flightless Bird tonight.
0:46.7	So I'm just working at one of the desks.
0:49.0	I know.
0:49.9	You could say it's a betrayal.
0:51.8	But I'm not actually featured in the podcast.
0:54.1	It's different. Oh, that in the podcast. That's different.
0:54.9	Oh, that's okay then.
0:55.9	That's okay.
0:57.9	We won't sue just yet.
1:00.1	Just yet.
1:01.8	Now, today's question, I'll keep it brief because you've got work to do.
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