article_snippet.sent: Matilda, now 21 months old, won the part to make Matilda small screen debut only weeks after leaving the hospital, where Matilda was treated for pneumonia.
article_snippet.sent: Matilda was chosen to play to Julie, who in the TV show died from putrid throat, because of Matilda small size.
article_snippet.sent: Matilda was in and out of hospital for check-ups and tests since birth.
article_snippet.sent: Matilda had a lot of breathing difficulties and pneumonia. '
article_snippet.sent: But last September Matilda was finally discharged from hospital consultant care and
article_snippet.sent: a few weeks later Matilda won the part of Julia.'
article_snippet.sent: 34-year-old Hannah Fitt took Matildafor the filming in Cornwall last year to meet stars Aiden Turner and Eleanor Tomlison.
article_snippet.sent: Matilda was chosen to play to Julie, who in the TV show died from putrid throatthe TV show , because of her small size .
article_snippet.sent: Matilda, now 21 months old, lives with Matilda mother Hannah, 34, (left) and dad Matthew, 33, (right) '
article_snippet.sent: In one scene Matilda is lying on a bed fully made-up and the doctor is mopping Matilda brow.
article_snippet.sent: Matilda was on set for five days and even had Matilda own trailer . '
article_snippet.sent: Matilda, pictured, won the part to make Matilda small screen debut only weeks after leaving the hospital, where Matilda was treated for pneumonia .
article_snippet.sent: Matilda even had Matilda own trailer and a rider of green grapes.
highlights_snippet.sent: Matilda was chosen to play Julia because of Matilda small size .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Unlike Matilda character, who died of putrid throat, Matilda is now doing well .