But it also launched the career of a youngMara Wilson.
Now, 25 years after the release, shes reflecting on the serendipitous nature ofMrs.
It was my first movie audition, she tells EW of the family film.
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But then she got a callback.
And another, until she was sent up to San Francisco for a final screen test.
I remember meeting Chris Columbus and Robin Williams, she recalls.
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But they just seemed like very nice guys to me I didnt understand who I was meeting.
The flick found great success at the box office, releasing over the Thanksgiving holiday and alternating between No.
1 and 2 for 11 weeks.
But its biggest accomplishment was how it wove its way right into the pop culture zeitgeist.
In todays current nostalgia-obsessed world, fans are all too happy to putMrs.
Doubtfireat the top of their watch lists.
They left that part in, but cut out his song and dance about it.
He could really riff on anything.
There were a lot of people out there who were very cruel.
You kind of have to come to peace with it all.
