For many LGBTQ fans of Matilda, the kindly Miss Honey signaled a queer awakening.

But Lashana Lynch had no idea that was the case when signing on to play the primary school teacher in Netflix's film adaptation of stage show Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical.

"It wasn't something I was aware of until I saw some comments on social media and I thought, 'Oh my gosh, this is a revelation to me,'" she tells EW of uncovering this corner of Matilda fandom.