{"id":160945,"date":"2025-04-09T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T00:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/matthew-brodericks-daughter-repelled-by-the-idea-of-performing\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T00:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T00:00:09","slug":"matthew-brodericks-daughter-repelled-by-the-idea-of-performing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/matthew-brodericks-daughter-repelled-by-the-idea-of-performing\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Broderick&apos;s daughter &apos;repelled&apos; by the idea of performing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-04-09\" datetime=\"1744156809\" pubdate=\"\">9 April 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/matthew-broderick\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,matthew-broderick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew Broderick<\/a>\u2019s daughter is \u201crepelled\u201d by the idea of performing like her famous father.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Matthew Broderick\u2019s daughter is \u2018repelled\u2019 by the idea of performing like her famous father<\/p>\n<p>The 63-year-old said while his son, James Wilkie, 22, is keen on pursuing a career in acting, his twin daughters, Tabitha Hodge and Marion Loretta Elwell, 13, have shown little interest in following their parents\u2019 Hollywood path. <\/p>\n<p>Referring to one of his girls, he told People: \u201cIf you say, \u2018What about you?\u2019 She says \u2018Nope, no absolutely not\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s repelled by the idea of performing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matthew\u2019s son, James, however, is determined to try his hand at acting. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe actor added: \u201cI think he is gonna try, yeah. He\u2019s very smart.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cHe has a really good education too, so he has a lot of different things he can do, but I think right now he likes acting.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\nWhile Matthew supports James&#8217; ambitions, he also made it clear he and his actress wife Sarah Jessica Parker, 58, are there to help only when needed. <\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: \u201cI\u2019ll give advice if I\u2019m asked, but my wife is with him when he does auditions. It\u2019s self-tape nowadays, and she\u2019ll read with him and tell him, \u2018It\u2019s not good\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nMatthew, who is known for his roles in \u2018Ferris Bueller\u2019s Day Off\u2019 and \u2018The Producers\u2019, added: \u201cWe definitely support him, but only if he wants to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nJames made his on-screen debut earlier this year on \u2018Elsbeth\u2019 \u2013\u00a0a CBS show in which Matthew worked alongside his son. <\/p>\n<p>\nHe said he was \u201cso proud and happy\u201d with their collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u2018Sex and the City\u2019 actress Sarah has spoken in the past about her desire for her children to become independent and learn the value of hard work. <\/p>\n<p>\nAppearing on iHeartRadio&#8217;s \u2018Table for Two\u2019 with Bruce Bozzi in 2023, she said: \u201cYou want your children to understand what it means to earn money, what it takes to earn money, the value of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nShe went on to emphasise the importance of providing for their children\u2019s basic needs while encouraging them to develop aspirations.<\/p>\n<p>\nSarah added: \u201cThe important things in life: books and food and interesting experiences. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cBut they should pine for things, they should want things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/matthew-brodericks-daughter-repelled-idea-performing-1416611.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 April 2025 Matthew Broderick\u2019s daughter is \u201crepelled\u201d by the idea of performing like her famous father. Matthew Broderick\u2019s daughter is \u2018repelled\u2019 by the idea of performing like her famous father The 63-year-old said while his son, James Wilkie, 22, is keen on pursuing a career in acting, his twin daughters, Tabitha Hodge and Marion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":160946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11136,11133,11135,5913,285,11134],"class_list":{"0":"post-160945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-bruce-bozzi","9":"tag-james-wilkie","10":"tag-marion-loretta-elwell","11":"tag-matthew-broderick","12":"tag-sarah-jessica-parker","13":"tag-tabitha-hodge"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}