Actor behind woeful ‘Willy Wonka’ experience in Scotland speaks out: ‘Genuinely life-changing’

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disastrous “Willy Wonka” experience in Glasgow shed her chrome-painted mask this past weekend to reveal how this role has changed her life.

In a three-part TikTok series, the actress, whose name is Felicia, revealed that the role — which propelled her into the upper echelons of internet stardom — was her first ever paid acting gig. “So I was approached by the House of Illuminati and I was supposed to be cast as one of the Wonkas,” Felicia, 16, tells viewers while donning her iconic mask.

According to the actress, she passed on the lead role after she “did not like” the script that she had been given. Felica revealed that she was then recast to play the entity called “The Unknown” which, according to the AI-generated script, was an evil chocolate maker who lived inside the walls of Wonka’s factory.

In a second video posted on Friday, the actress went in-depth about her experience playing the black-capped rapscallion. “So on the day of the actual event we just got told to ditch the script and just improvise,” Felicia revealed. “And the only direction I got given was to act creepy.”“So I tried to imagine what a man living in the walls would be like,” she continued cutting to the now-viral footage of her hiding behind a mirror and scaring several children.Despite having zero guidelines for the experience, the teen revealed that she really enjoyed working at the experience saying that all of her co-stars were”lovely and took me right under their wing”Speaking with the BBC, Felica revealed that she actually had a great time despite initially feeling embarrassed. “At first I was really embarrassed about it.