‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Actor Shares What It Was Like to Film This Iconic Scene Alongside Robin Williams originally appeared on Parade.
Matthew Lawrence has nothing but fond memories from his time filming “Mrs. Doubtfire.”
On a recent episode of his “Brotherly Love Podcast,” that the actor records with his brothers Joey and Andrew, the three got to talking about embarrassing moments on camera from throughout their career. And while Matthew said he wish he could have “deleted” 1993 through 1997, he said “Mrs. Doubtfire” is the exception.
Specifically asked about the film’s opening scene where he’s dancing on a piano alongside his dad who was played by the iconic Robin Williams, the middle sibling, who played Chris Hillard, shut down any thoughts of it being a cringey moment.
“That movie is a weird outlier,” he said on the podcast. “[It was] 100% comfortable, I think that’s because they gave everybody the time to rehearse, you were working with everybody, and also they were so lovely, it felt like family it was weird.”
The film also starred Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Lisa Jakub, and Mara Wilson.
While the three brothers became known as Disney Channel staples, Matthew also went on to play Jack Hunter on “Boy Meets World.”
In their conversation, youngest brother Andrew admitted that an embarrassing on-camera moment for him was while filming a dance scene in Disney Channel Original Movie, “The Other Me.”
‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Actor Shares What It Was Like to Film This Iconic Scene Alongside Robin Williams first appeared on Parade on Jun 10, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 10, 2025, where it first appeared.
