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revealed to Rolling Stone that the “Dune” actor was able to beat out the likes of Donald Glover, Ezra Miller and Ryan Gosling for the role of the famed chocolatier Willy Wonka — without auditioning — on the strength of a few YouTube clips of an all-singing, all-dancing young Chalamet. NYC native Chalamet attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, graduating in 2013.King was surprised by “how good he was,” realizing he’d found the right whimsical fit for the “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” prequel musical.“It was a straight offer because he’s great and he was the only person in my mind who could do it,” King said.

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Timothée Chalamet Got Offered Willy Wonka Role With No Audition Needed After Director Saw ‘His High School Musical Performances on YouTube’

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Despite reports over the years that Warner Bros. was courting the likes of Donald Glover, Ezra Miller and Ryan Gosling to play Willy Wonka, it was only Timothée Chalamet who got the offer to lead director Paul King’s prequel musical “Wonka.” And Chalamet didn’t even have to audition. King recently told Rolling Stone that he was a Chalamet “stan” and thus knew the actor had the singing and dancing chops required to play Wonka. “It was a straight offer because he’s great and he was the only person in my mind who could do it,” King said. “But because he’s Timothée Chalamet and his life is so absurd, his high school musical performances are on YouTube and have hundreds of thousands of views. So I knew from stanning for Timmy Chalamet that he could sing and dance really well.”

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Timothée Chalamet reveals unusual nickname for Hugh Grant after his Oompa Loompa debut

In the much-anticipated musical prequel titled Wonka, Timothée Chalamet takes on the role of the eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka – but he's overshadowed by a late arrival in the short clip. The trailer for the latest adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic tale was released on Wednesday and showcases a star-studded cast including Olivia Colman, Rowan Atkinson, Keegan-Michael Key, Matt Baynton, and Matt Lucas.

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‘Wonka’ Director Says Hugh Grant ‘Looks Terrific’ as Oompa Loompa: ‘Because It’s CG, It Looks Terrible Until It Looks Good…It’s a Miracle’

Zack Sharf Digital News Director The official trailer for Warner Bros.’ “Wonka” gave moviegoers a first look at Timothée Chalamet’s singing and dancing chocolatier. It also dropped a surprise at the very end: Hugh Grant sporting green hair and orange skin as an Oompa Loompa. How did such casting come about? Thank “Wonka” director Paul King, who previously cast Grant as the villainous Phoenix Buchanan in “Paddington 2.” “Going back to the book, and reading all those poems, and hearing [the Oompa Loompas’] voice as a very sort of cynical, sarcastic, cruel, funny, but wicked voice, I went, ‘Oh… That’s sort of a bit like Hugh!’,” King told Empire magazine. “It was a real light bulb moment – you go, ‘Hugh Grant’s an Oompa-Loompa! Yes please! Merry Christmas, with a bow on it.’”

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Watch Timothée Chalamet build a chocolate empire in ‘Wonka’

Timothée Chalamet. The first trailer has been released for “Wonka,” showing a new side to the beloved story and character that has existed for decades in films and novels.

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Hugh Grant unveiled as green-haired Oompa Loompa as new Wonka film trailer lands

Hugh Grant has been spotted in the official trailer for the upcoming movie about Willy Wonka, where he portrays a tiny CGI Oompa-Loompa. In the film titled "Wonka," Four Wedding star Grant features alongside Timothee Chalamet, who takes on the role of the eccentric chocolate factory owner.

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What is ‘Wonka’ about?

Wonka.Directed by Paul King (Paddington), the prequel film sees Timothée Chalamet take on the iconic character, who originates from Roald Dahl’s 1964 novel Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.Wonka also boasts a star-studded supporting cast, including Keegan-Michael Key, Rowan Atkinson, Sally Hawkins, Olivia Colman, Hugh Grant, Jim Carter, and Matt Lucas.As shown in the trailer, Wonka serves as a prequel to Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and follows Willy Wonka in his youth prior to the opening of his factory. As such, unlike past screen versions of the character, Wonka will be largely unshackled from Dahl’s source material.

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‘Wonka’ Trailer: Timothée Chalamet Leads Paul King’s Musical Prequel About The Eccentric Chocolatier On December 15

At just 27, Timothée Chalamet has played a wide range of characters already in his career. There’s plenty of precocious and/or troubled youths in his filmography, like the upstart Henry V in “The King,” Frank Herbert‘s hero Paul Atreides, or the cannibal drifter Lee in “Bones And All.” But this winter, Chalamet plays an altogether different type of young man in the first musical of his career: Willy Wonka in Paul King‘s “Wonka.” READ MORE: The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2023 King’s prequel to Roald Dahl‘s 1964 novel “Charlie And The Chocolate Factory,” “Wonka” sees Chalamet don the eccentric candymaker’s top hot and cane after Peter Sellers and Johnny Depp.

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‘Wonka’: Timothée Chalamet Transforms Into Eccentric Chocolatier In Official Trailer

The official “Wonka” trailer is here.

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'Wonka' Trailer: Timothee Chalamet Dances, Hugh Grant's Oompa Loompa Revealed & More

The trailer for Wonka is finally here…and we also finally have confirmation that it is indeed a Willy Wonka origin story!

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‘Wonka’ trailer: Timothée Chalamet meets Hugh Grant’s Oompa-Loompa

Wonka, starring Timothée Chalamet as the Roald Dahl character Willy Wonka, has landed.The prequel movie, which is released in cinemas on December 15, is “based on the character at the centre of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl’s most iconic children’s book”, an official synopsis reads.The trailer dives into the early origins of Wonka, the fictional founder and proprietor of the world-famous chocolate factory. In it, he experiments with magical sweets like Hoverchoc – and meets the quirky inhabitants of a town where the chocolate trade is monopolised by a small group of master craftsmen.

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‘Wonka’ Trailer: Timothée Chalamet Dances, Hugh Grant Transforms Into an Oompa-Loompa and More

Wonka,” starring Chalamet as the eccentric chocolatier created by renowned author Roald Dahl. The musical fantasy film follows the adventures of a young Willy Wonka, including how he met the Oompa-Loompas. Along with Chalamet, the film stars Olivia Colman, Sally Hawkins, Keegan-Michael Key, Matthew Baynton, Matt Lucas, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carter, Natasha Rothwell, Simon Farnaby, Paterson Joseph, Tom Davis, Rakhee Thakrar, Justin Edwards, Colin O’Brien, Ellie White, Freya Parker and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith.

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Timothee Chalamet's 'Wonka' Role: 4 Other Stars Were In Contention to Play the Whimsical Chocolate Factory Owner!

There’s a rumor circulating online that the first Wonka trailer, starring Timothee Chalamet in the title role, will be released tomorrow.

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Woman paid to work with chocolate every day says it's 'like being Willy Wonka'

A woman who is paid to work with Cadbury chocolate every day says it's 'just like being Willy Wonka'.

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Hugh Grant is a massive BLACKPINK fan

BLACKPINK fan.The actor took his daughter and her friends to see the K-pop band at BST Hyde Park on Sunday (July 2) – and ended up becoming a firm “Blink”.“Very grateful to three eleven year olds for taking me to see @BLACKPINK yesterday. Am rabid Blink now.

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Hugh Grant Circling A24 Horror Movie ‘Heretic’ From ‘A Quiet Place’ Duo

Following the release of his Paramount/eOne fantasy pic Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves to critical acclaim and over $200M at the WW box office, Golden Globe winner Hugh Grant has entered talks to star in Heretic, a new horror film to be directed for A24 by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, who also penned the script.

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Timothée Chalamet Said Yes to ‘Wonka’ Because It’s for an ‘Uncynical Young Audience’ at a Time ‘When There’s So Much Bad News’

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Timothée Chalamet is playing the world’s most famous chocolatier in Warner Bros.’ upcoming musical “Wonka,” but it wasn’t necessarily the Roald Dahl source material that sparked his interest in joining the project. The Oscar nominee told Vogue magazine that he was drawn to playing Willy Wonka for the simple reason of making a movie for a younger, more optimistic demographic of moviegoers. “To work on something that will have an uncynical young audience, that was just a big joy,” Chalamet said. “That’s why I was drawn to it. In a time and climate of intense political rhetoric, when there’s so much bad news all the time, this is hopefully going to be a piece of chocolate.”

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Timbaland was inspired by an “Oompa Loompa” beat for Aaliyah’s ‘Are You That Somebody’

Timbaland has revealed that he was inspired by the ‘Oompa Loompa’ song for one of Aaliyah‘s biggest tracks, ‘Are You That Somebody’.Last week (April 30), the Virginia producer was a part of a panel discussion at the 2023 Pop Conference. Hosted at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, he spoke alongside Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, and Take a Daytrip about music production.

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Timothée Chalamet Talks Hugh Grant Playing An Oompah Loompah In New ‘Willy Wonka’ Movie: ‘It Was A Trip’

A CinemaCon preview of “Wonka” on Tuesday revealed an amazing piece of casting: one of the Oompa Loompas in the upcoming prequel to “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” is played by none other than Hugh Grant.

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Timothée Chalamet got stomach cramps on ‘Wonka’ set after eating “too much chocolate”

Wonka, resulting in stomach cramps.The actor is set to portray a young Willy Wonka in the upcoming musical, which will be released later this year (December 15). The long-awaited film is the third film adaptation to be made of Roald Dahl’s popular children’s book Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.Speaking at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this week (via Variety), Chalamet revealed that he swam in real melted chocolate while filming.But despite his chocolate and sweetie-induced stomach cramps, the actor called the role “a dream come true”.He described past interpretations of Willy Wonka as “cynical”, before adding that “this is a Willy that’s full of joy and hope and desire to become the greatest chocolatier.”The character was first portrayed by Gene Wilder in the 1971 adaptation, and then again by Johnny Depp in 2005’s Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, directed by Tim Burton.Elsewhere at CinemaCon, a first-look trailer for Wonka revealed that Hugh Grant will play one of the Oompa-Loompas serving the chocolatier.In the extended footage, which was shown to exhibitors at the event, the fictional sweet treat developer comes across the Oompa-Loompa (Grant), who is trapped in a glass jar, and later hires him to work in his factory.The footage also paid homage to Singin’ In the Rain – showing Chalamet singing, dancing and spinning around a light pole while searching for magical recipes.