Teen who played The Unknown at botched Wonka event bags job at London Dungeons

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A 16-year-old has said going viral for playing mysterious masked figure The Unknown at a botched Wonka event has “totally changed my life” and helped her to fulfil a “dream” of working with the London Dungeon.Felicia Dawkins captivated the internet when she was revealed as the face behind The Unknown, an evil rival chocolate maker to Willy Wonka living in the walls, who scared children at a Wonka event in Glasgow in February.Since then, The London Dungeon reached out to Felicia to offer her the opportunity to train with their performance team, followed by a guest appearance acting in the attraction on April 7.Speaking to the PA news agency, Felicia, who is based in Glasgow, reflected on the impact playing the character, which was her first acting job, has had on her.“It’s so weird that me working as The Unknown for like a couple of hours has totally changed my life,” she said.“Working at the London Dungeon has been a dream because that’s something I’d love to do when I’m older because I love creepy stuff in general and because they reached out to me.“It’s been so amazing.”She reminisced on visiting the Edinburgh Dungeon when she was eight, which was “really really scary” and played a key role in preparing her for her viral act.“Because the actors captivated me so much, I thought that I could try and captivate the audience for the Wonka event by being creepy,” she said.Weeks after the viral Wonka event, interest has yet to die down, with talks of a potential movie on the masked villain being discussed on social media and many intent on finding out more on those who starred in the infamous Glasgow experience. Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. Fel