“We knew that there weren’t a lot of movies like this.”

Wilson wrapped up the role in 1996 but came away from the set with a special relationship with DeVito.

“I feel like Danny and I just kind of understood each other.

Mara Wilson smiles and poses at an event

“It really did keep me distracted, and it really did keep me happy.”

However,Wilson’s biography “Where Am I Now?

DeVito also dedicated the movie to Wilson’s mother.

Rhea Perlman and Danny DeVito pose at an event

“I really loved that they did that,” she told ET.