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According to whomever you ask, Hugh Grant playing an Oompa Loompa is either the greatest thing ever or pure nightmare fuel. Personally, I liked it. The recently released
Wonka
trailer concluded with Hugh Grant in all his Oompa Loompa glory, and it’s something director Paul King knew he needed to see.After working with Hugh Grant on Paddington 2
, Paul King told Empire that knew he wanted to bring the actor back for Wonka after he re-read Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. King said, “After reading all the poems and hearing as a very cynical voice that was cruel, funny but wicked, I thought, ‘Oh…That’s a bit like Hugh’. “[the Oompa Loompas’]It’s a real lightbulb moment – you say, ‘Hugh Grant is an Oompa Loompa’. Yes, please! Merry Christmas, with a bow on it.’“Related
Timothee Chalamet’s high-school musical performances convinced Wonka director that Timothee Chalamet is the right actor for the role
instead of redesigning the characters. “It felt like that was what an Oompa Loompa looked like in my mind. King said that he didn’t want to reinvent the wheel because the ’71 film is so beloved, both by him and others. “I wanted to do something that fit with that iconography. I love ‘Pure Imagination,’ I love the Oompa Loompa Songs, and I loved the way the Oompa Loompas look. Paul King’s team has been working to make the Hugh Grant Oompa Loompa look as good as possible. King said: “Because this is CG, the image looks terrible until it looks great.“. “And you go, “Ah, perfect!” It’s a miraculous.“. Wonka will star Timothee Chalamet as the title character and tell “the wonderful story of how the greatest inventor, magician, and chocolate-maker in the world became the beloved Willy Wonka that we know today.“. Wonka
will hit theaters on December 15th.What did you think of Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa in the Wonka trailer?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgKyqH5w3LQ
Entertainment - Media News Watch originally published at Entertainment - Media News Watch
Entertainment - Media News Watch originally published at Entertainment - Media News Watch
According to whomever you ask, Hugh Grant playing an Oompa Loompa is either the greatest thing ever or pure nightmare fuel. Personally, I liked it. The recently released
Wonka
trailer concluded with Hugh Grant in all his Oompa Loompa glory, and it’s something director Paul King knew he needed to see.After working with Hugh Grant on Paddington 2
, Paul King told Empire that knew he wanted to bring the actor back for Wonka after he re-read Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. King said, “After reading all the poems and hearing as a very cynical voice that was cruel, funny but wicked, I thought, ‘Oh…That’s a bit like Hugh’. “[the Oompa Loompas’]It’s a real lightbulb moment – you say, ‘Hugh Grant is an Oompa Loompa’. Yes, please! Merry Christmas, with a bow on it.’“Related
Timothee Chalamet’s high-school musical performances convinced Wonka director that Timothee Chalamet is the right actor for the role
instead of redesigning the characters. “It felt like that was what an Oompa Loompa looked like in my mind. King said that he didn’t want to reinvent the wheel because the ’71 film is so beloved, both by him and others. “I wanted to do something that fit with that iconography. I love ‘Pure Imagination,’ I love the Oompa Loompa Songs, and I loved the way the Oompa Loompas look. Paul King’s team has been working to make the Hugh Grant Oompa Loompa look as good as possible. King said: “Because this is CG, the image looks terrible until it looks great.“. “And you go, “Ah, perfect!” It’s a miraculous.“. Wonka will star Timothee Chalamet as the title character and tell “the wonderful story of how the greatest inventor, magician, and chocolate-maker in the world became the beloved Willy Wonka that we know today.“. Wonka
will hit theaters on December 15th.What did you think of Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa in the Wonka trailer?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgKyqH5w3LQ
Entertainment - Media News Watch originally published at Entertainment - Media News Watch
