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'Wonka' director Paul King has defended the decision to cast Hugh Grant as an Oompa-Loompa. The 63-year-old actor portrays the diminutive Lofty in the origin story for Roald Dahl's famous 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' character and the filmmaker felt that the 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' star fitted the part despite criticism that an actor with dwarfism was not cast. Paul told BBC News: "Dahl describes (the Oompa-Loompas) as no higher than my knee or about the size of a medium size doll. "We tried to use the iconic look that they came up with in the 1971 movie with the green hair and th...
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Hugh Grant's role in 'Wonka' has been criticised by an actor with dwarfism. George Coppen believes the 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' star's role as an Oompa-Loompa should have gone to an actor with the condition because there are relatively few parts available to them. The 26-year-old actor explained he first started thinking about the issue when he saw James Nesbitt in the role of the dwarf Bofur in 'The Hobbit'. He told the BBC: "A lot of actors [with dwarfism] feel like we are being pushed out of the industry we love. "A lot of people, myself included, argue that dwarfs should be offered ev...
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