The Hillards had a little family reunion! On Wednesday, Ms. Doubtfire Stars Lisa Jakub, Matthew Lawrence And Mara Wilson came together for a group photo more than 30 years after the sibling game Robin WilliamsA comedy film from 1993 was directed.
“We had a little reunion. 🥰 30 years later my Mrs. Doubtfire family still feels like family,” Lisa, 45, captioned a post from the three former child stars subjects.
Lisa, who played Lydia Hillard as the eldest child, also shared a photo of the three of them with Matthew’s brothers. Joey And Andrew Lawrence, on her Instagram page. In her caption, she explained that she and Mara will be appearing in an upcoming episode of the series Brothers. The brotherly love podcast.
“The sisters had so much fun hanging out with the brothers. @marawilson and @matthewlawrence still feel like my siblings, even 30 years after Mrs. Doubtfire was filmed,” she wrote alongside the post. “And @andrewlawrence and @joeylawrence are just part of the extended family. I had a great time at @officialbrotherlylovepod and can’t wait to share it with you. ♥️”
Mara, 36, shared the same photo on her Instagram page and wrote, “So fun that I got to see my Doubtfire siblings again the same week I went to San Francisco!”
“Always a joy to see @lisa.jakub and @matthewlawrence and always so fun to be on @officialbrotherlylovepod,” she added.
Ms. Doubtfire became an instant classic as fans fell in love with the titular father figure (the late Robin Williams), who disguises himself as a female housekeeper named Mrs. Doubtfire to spend time with his children Lydia (Lisa), Chris (Matthew, now 44). . , and Natalie (Mara), who are in the care of his former wife Miranda (Sally Field).
It’s not the first time that the cast of the legendary film has reunited in some way.
In 2018, some of Williams’ Ms. Doubtfire Co-stars reunited for the 25th anniversary of the popular film where they shared this Williams, the died by suicide in 2014 at the age of 63, was very open about his problems.
Matthew shared that Williams gave the then-child star some serious advice.
“Robin was like a senior source,” he explained. “All of a sudden, out of the blue, he looked over and said, ‘Don’t do drugs. You really messed with my brain, I mean that. Don’t take her.’ That stuck with me.
Pierce Brosnan, who played Miranda’s new lover Stu in the film, shared some behind-the-scenes photos and videos from the event on his Instagram page.
“Guess who? Today, after 25 years, I am gathered around a table in the company of three beautiful young people to talk about a film that has touched the hearts of so many,” Pierce captioned his post at the time. “Sally is on tour with her new book. Robin is in heaven making the angels laugh, and she was spoken of with the greatest love and sweet memories.”
Lisa also shared a sweet video of Pierce showing a photo of the youngsters from the film’s 1993 premiere before panning to them in real life.
“At the premiere of Ms. Doubtfire. And here we are, slowly backing away and ta da!,” Pierce says in the clip, showing the adult children. “I love you, I love you all so much.” It’s so nice to be part of your life. I want to be in the picture too.”
“Our stepfather!” Mara calls him.
In 2021, Lisa shared Yahoo Entertainment How Robin capitalized on his struggles with anxiety and depression to help her fight through her own.
“Robin was everything you would hope for and he was very open and honest with me about his struggles with anxiety and depression,” Lisa said the outlet. “I was able to share with him that I was struggling with anxiety, and he talked to me about mental health issues in a way that 14-year-olds aren’t typically used to, adults being really open about such issues.” with you.
Lisa said Robin talked to her about it his experiences with addiction and drug abuse, a topic Lisa absolutely needed to know about as a child star. The actress who later starred in films independence Dayeventually retired from Hollywood after it affected her mental health.
“He was very adamant about making it clear to me that substances wouldn’t help. That this was a path he had taken with his addiction and it only made things worse,” the mental health advocate shared. “And I think as a 14-year-old child actor, it’s a really good story, a really good message to hear, because that’s a well-worn path for a lot of child actors.”
“I feel like this allows me to pass on some of the things Robin taught me through my openness,” she said of her work teaching mental health workshops to help others cope with anxiety and depression .
Chris Columbus, Ms. DoubtfireThe director of “The Star” revealed last November that he and Robin had been working on a possible sequel to the popular film before the actor’s death.
“We had written a script and it was the last time I saw Robin,” said the director Business Insider. “I went to his house and we sat down and talked about it, and the script was really compelling.”
“But then Robin died, so there will never be a sequel Ms. Doubtfire,” he added.
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