Mrs. Doubtfire Child Stars Reunite Over 30 Years After Movie’s Release: ‘Still Feels Like Family’
Lisa Jakub, Matthew Lawrence, and Mara Wilson recently “had a little reunion,” more than 30 years after starring alongside Robin Williams in the hit comedy.
The Hillard siblings had a family reunion!
In a photo shared to social media Wednesday, May 1, original Mrs. Doubtfire child stars Lisa Jakub, Matthew Lawrence, and Mara Wilson—who played siblings alongside Robin Williams’ title father character in the hit 1993 family comedy—came together for a group photo.
“The sisters had so much fun hanging out with the brothers. @marawilson and @matthewlawrence still feel like my siblings—even 30 years after filming Mrs. Doubtfire,” Jakub, who starred as oldest child Lydia Hillard, wrote in the caption of her Instagram post.
Added Jakub, 45, on a similar Threads post, “We had a little reunion. 🥰 30 years later and my Mrs. Doubtfire family still feels like family.”
Sharing the same photo, Wilson, 36, wrote, “So funny that the same week I went to San Francisco, I got to reunite with my Doubtfire siblings!”, referring to the setting of the film.
“It’s always a joy to see @lisa.jakub and @matthewlawrence, and always so much fun to be on @officialbrotherlylovepod,” she added, seemingly teasing an appearance from herself and Jakub on the Lawrence brothers’ podcast—especially as Wilson and Jakub also shared a larger group photo that included Joey Lawrence and Andrew Lawrence.
Costarring Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, and Harvey Fierstein, Mrs. Doubtfire follows voice actor Daniel Hillard (played by the late Williams, a devoted father of three to Lydia, Chris (Matthew, now 44), and Natalie (Wilson) who is struggling to find work and whose personality is at odds with that of his wife, Miranda (Field, now 77).
When Miranda asks for a divorce, Daniel goes to great lengths to spend time with their children, eventually donning an elaborate getup to become “Mrs. Doubtfire,” a nanny and housekeeper whom Miranda hires to watch over the kids—before things go haywire.
The cast of the film, which inspired a 2021 Broadway musical of the same name, has reunited in the past, sharing fond memories of working together and with Williams, who died in 2014 at age 63.
In November 2021, Jakub wrote on social media how Mrs. Doubtfire changed her life, alongside a sweet black-and-white snapshot of herself and Williams from the set of the film.
“28 years ago today Mrs. Doubtfire opened in theaters,” she wrote on X (formerly Twitter), in part. “Things changed for me that day—wonderful things and difficult things—but I’ll always feel grateful for this movie that meant so much to so many people.”
The movie’s director, Chris Columbus, revealed last November amid the movie’s 30th anniversary that he and Williams had been in talks about a potential sequel—but not until shortly before the Oscar winner’s death.
“We had a script that was written and it was the last time I saw Robin,” Columbus, 65, said in an interview with Business Insider. “I went to his house and we sat down and talked about it, and the script was really strong.”
“But then Robin passed away so there will never be a sequel to Mrs. Doubtfire,” he also said.
