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Hugh Grant was "nervous" to meet Timothee Chalamet. The 63-year-old actor appears alongside 'Call Me By Your Name' star Timothee, 27, in the new film 'Wonka' but admitted that he was apprehensive to work with his young co-star - who has already been nominated for an Oscar and received critical acclaim since starting his career seven years ago - because he thought things had gone "a bit too well" for him. He told People: "I was a bit nervous of him. I don't like people who are too successful, and I thought his career had gone a bit too well!" But the 'Bridget Jones' Diary' actor revealed that t...
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Hugh Grant "hated" playing an Oompa-Loompa in 'Wonka'. The 63-year-old actor stars as the diminutive, orange-faced Lofty in the new movie – a prequel to Roald Dahl's classic story 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' – and admits that he loathed the filmmaking process that enabled animators to capture the appearance of his character. Hugh told reporters at a press conference for the flick: "It was like a crown of thorns, very uncomfortable. "I made a big fuss about it. I couldn't have hated the whole thing more." Hugh explained that his displeasure came from not being certain whether he was sup...
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Timothee Chalamet has described 'Wonka' as his "favourite" film. The 27-year-old actor plays a young Willy Wonka in Paul King's movie that tells the origin story of the eccentric chocolatier and has had more "fun" on the flick than any other project. Speaking on 'The Graham Norton Show', Timothee said: "I am proud of all the films I have done but this is my favourite. It is the most fun I've had working on anything ever. It is sweet and good and will feel you with joy." The heartthrob has previously starred in movies including 'Call Me by Your Name' and 'Dune' and explained that he simply trie...
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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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Paul King wants to make a 'Wonka' sequel. The 45-year-old director has revealed that he'd love to make another film about Willy Wonka, the fictional character from Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. Paul told Total Film: "I would definitely like to do more. And I’d like to spend more time in this world. "Dahl was definitely interested in taking Willy Wonka on. There’s drafts that didn’t really go anywhere, and there’s a short story. He didn’t really write sequels, but this was the one book where he clearly felt there was more in the tank there." 'Wonka' stars the likes of Timoth...
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Ricky Gervais thinks people have become too "easily offended". The 61-year-old comedian suggested that people have become too "fragile" after it was confirmed that Roald Dahl's books will have various words, including "fat" and "ugly", removed from them. Ricky wrote on Twitter: "This is me pondering whether they'll change any of the words I've used in my work after I'm dead, to spare those who are fragile and easily offended. "Words like 'fat' and 'ugly'. And '****' and 'f***'. And 'fat, ugly, greedy, pathetic little stupid f****** ****'. Stuff like that. (sic)" One of Ricky's followers subseq...
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Queen Consort Camilla appears to have waded into the row over Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s books being rewritten for a woke generation. Camilla, 75, whose lifelong love of literature led her to become patron of the National Literacy Trust, urged authors to protect the “freedom of your expression” days after controversy erupted when it emerged Roald’s classics are having words such as “fat” cut out of them to avoid offending today’s kids. Speaking at a reception to mark the second anniversary of her popular online book club, the royal told a room full of writers: “Please remain true to your ...
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is calling for censors not to "gobblefunk" Roald Dahl's work. He made the plea amid ongoing outcry over publisher Puffin’s decision to edit some of the late author's beloved works – which include 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', 'Matilda' and 'James and the Giant Peach' – to remove terms such as "fat" in a bid to allow "all children today" to enjoy the books. In a nod to a phrase in Roald's 1982 bestseller 'The BFG', Mr Sunak, 42, has warned censors should not "gobblefunk" with words, as Britain has always treasured “freedom of expression”. A spokesperson for the...
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By Mahera Dutta Mrs. Twit is no longer 'ugly' and Augustus Gloop from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is not 'fat' anymore. Roald Dahl's iconic children's books have been edited to launch new editions that publishers consider not to be offensive anymore. Editors at Puffin Books, a division of Penguin Random House, and the Roald Dahl Story Company have taken a red pencil to the works of Roald Dahl and crossed out words related to weight, mental health, violence, gender, and race. The changes are being made in collaboration with Inclusive Minds, an organizationworking towards ‘inclusion in chi...
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Alisha Weir was "scared'" of Dame Emma Thompson on the set of 'Matilda.' The 13-year-old actress takes on the title role of the movie adaptation of Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly's 2011 stage musical - which is based on the classic novel by Roald Dahl - and admitted that she was initially frightened of 'Love Actually' star Dame Emma, 63, when she arrived on set as the villainous Miss Trunchbull but eventually felt able to "hug" her. She told Spark Chronicles: "I saw her for the first time without makeup and then when I saw her with makeup on it scared me a little. But I knew that when she opened...
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