Mara Wilson is unrecognisable from her Matilda character... as she reveals co-star Danny DeVito took unfinished movie to her mother's hospital bed so she could see it before she died

By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline

Published: 06:35 EDT, 2 November 2016 | Updated: 08:19 EDT, 2 November 2016

She's best known for playing Matilda in the famous movie, when she was a child star, but Mara Wilson looked unrecognisable on Lorraine on Wednesday. 

Appearing on the show to talk about her new book, Where Am I Now?, the now 29-year-old looked beautiful in a blue dress with perfectly styled brunette locks. 

She talked with sadness about losing her mother to breast cancer in the months that followed the movie's release, which is based on Roald Dahl's famous book.

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Is that really her? Matilda star Mara Wilson, 29, looked completely unrecognisable when she appeared on Lorraine on Wednesday to talk about her new book

Sad time: She famously starred in 1996 movie Matilda and said her mother passed away a few months after the movie came out

She said: 'I was worried she wouldn't get to see the film. I didn't know this until later but Danny DeVito took it unfinished to the hospital and showed it to her. 

'She loved it. My mother always loved the book as well and used to read it to the children at my brother's school, so it was a real family affair. 

'My heart was warmed as she was involved until the very end.'

She said: 'I was worried mum wouldn't get to see the film. I didn't know this until later but Danny DeVito took it unfinished to the hospital and showed it to her'

Lovely: Mara was touched by her co-star Danny's gesture (left). She said:  'My mother always loved the book and used to read it to the children at my brother's school'

Lorraine asked Mara how she thought her career might have panned out had her mother still been around. 

'I often think about this,' she replied. 'I wonder if I should have stopped after Matilda and ended on a high note.' 

Talking about her love of performing, she said: 'My parents very much wanted me to be an actress. 

Sweet: Mara pictured with her late mother Suzie Shapiro in 1993 at the Mrs Doubtfire premiere - she said her career might have panned out differently had she still been alive

'I never meant to become famous. I was five years old. I had no concept of what that was. I was completely out of my depth. 

'It was just seen as something I could do, like so many other kids who lived in Southern California. A lot of kids act in LA.' 

Sadly the interview came to a premature end when the live link failed and Lorraine had to cut to a male modelling competition segment.  

Cute: Talking about her love of performing, she said: 'My parents very much wanted me to be an actress

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