Why did Miss Trunchbull make Bruce eat the cake?

He only appears in the chapter “Bruce Bogtrotter and the Cake” in which he is called up by Miss Trunchbull and accused of stealing a slice of her personal chocolate cake. After a moment, she decides to punish him by forcing him to eat a whole 18-inch cake, pretending to be kind.

What is the name of the boy trunchbull forced to eat the cake?

Meet Bruce Bogtrotter He attends the same school as Matilda – Crunchem Hall. In the original story, he is six years older than her, although in the RSC’s Matilda The Musical they are nearer the same age. Bruce’s crime is to eat a slice of horrible headmistress Miss Trunchbull’s chocolate cake.

Who ate the chocolate cake in Matilda?

Bruce Bogtrotter
Bruce Bogtrotter : I don’t know what you’re talking about. Trunchbull : Cake. Chocolate cake. You slithered like a serpent into the school kitchen and ate MY PERSONAL SNACK!

Did the kid in Matilda actually eat the cake?

He didn’t like chocolate cake. They had a spit bucket for him. It worked for the scene because it was kind of like a child torture scene—to force him to eat chocolate cake.

Was there blood in the cake in Matilda?

Despite what the Trunchbull said, there was no blood sweat or tears in that enormous chocoalte cake. DeVito revealed it was made by his friend, “We made that cake. My friend Kathleen is a chef.

What happened to the kid who ate cake in Matilda?

The handsome former thespian has now put his cake-eating days behind him, and is now in the midst of training to be a doctor at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Was the chocolate cake in Matilda real?

Did Bruce really eat the cake?

Czapsky: What was ironic about it was, the actor who played Bruce? He didn’t like chocolate cake. They had a spit bucket for him. It worked for the scene because it was kind of like a child torture scene—to force him to eat chocolate cake.