Mara Wilson reminisced on her childhood friendship with the late Michelle Trachtenberg in a first-person essay and recalled that as kids, Trachtenberg once confided in her that she experienced bullying at the middle school they attended.

Wilson’s Matilda and Trachtenberg’s Harriet the Spy, both released in 1996, boosting both child stars further into the spotlight. The actresses attended the same middle school in Burbank, and Wilson is reflecting on how their classmates did not treat Trachtenberg well in a personal essay published by Vulture on Tuesday.

In a March 18 essay for Vulture, Mara remembered her friendship with the late actor Michelle Trachtenberg and the "bullying" she endured as a child actor. Michelle died on Feb. 26 at the age of 39. Like Mara, Michelle was a '90s child star in movies like Harriet the Spy and Inspector Gadget, the latter a role they had both auditioned for.