Hugh Grantcontinues to be having the best time onscreen.
With visual effects, Grant brings this pint-sized helper to life.
I’ve started dancing now," he adds.
Timothée Chalamet’s Willy Wonka and Hugh Grant’s Oompa Loompa in ‘Wonka’.Jaap Buittendijk/Warner Bros.
“Once we’ve started, we can’t stop.”
WonkadirectorPaul Kingtells EW exclusively that casting Grant as such a character was “bizarrely straightforward.”
“They’re really funny, but they’re biting and sarcastic and judgmental.
Timothée Chalamet as a young Willy Wonka in ‘Wonka’.Jaap Buittendijk/Warner Bros.
It sounds terrible, but Hugh’s voice just popped into my head.”
He’s such a genius.
He took to it like a duck to water.
Calah Lane stars opposite Timothée Chalamet as Noodle in ‘Wonka’.Jaap Buittendijk/Warner Bros.
He was on set with Timothee Chalamet.
It’s very clear who’s the boss, and it’s not Willy."
“You see, I’m something of a magician, inventor, and chocolate maker.
So quiet up and listen down… Nope.
Scratch that, reverse it.”
“Every good thing in this world started with a dream.
So you hold onto yours,” Hawkins says.
Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, and Paterson Joseph round out the ensemble as rival chocolatiers.
The film will release in theaters this Dec. 15.
Watch the trailer above.
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