Josh O’Connor Says He Would Love To Play A Dark Version Of Willy Wonka

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Josh O’Connor is currently starring in Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers and recently revealed what character he would love to play in the future.

In a recent interview, the actor said he is open to giving like to a “dark” version of the Willy Wonka character from Roal Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. “I would love to play Willy Wonka,” O’Connor said in an interview with WSJ Magazine. “But like a dark Willy Wonka.” O’Connor acknowledged that Timothée Chalamet starred in Wonka, an origin story to the Willy Wonka character, recently. “But I would really like to play a story of darker version of him,” he added.

The Crown actor also noted that Gene Wilder’s version of the character from the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory “is very dark.” “It’s not dark in a sinister way.

I think he’s a really angry man,” he said. “These kids win a competition to go around the chocolate factory and they all seemingly disappear.