The actors who were about to play Willy Wonka, but Timothée Chalamet beat them to it

Timothée Chalamet received 9 million dollars for giving life to Willy Wonka, in the new version of the film, and the first reviews suggest that the actor did a job that does not ask anything of the performances of Johnny Deep and Gene Wilder, who gave life to this character in the past, because in the reviews From the film it has been said that the young man gave a “charming and perfect performance”, but what other actors auditioned for this role? Here we tell you.

“Wonka” is about to be released and Mexico will be one of the first countries where it will be screened, on Friday, December 7, while in the United Kingdom it will arrive in theaters until the 8th and in the United States on the 15th, so the Fans of the famous founder of the Wonka chocolate factory are waiting to know if Chalamet is a worthy representative of the character of Roadl Dahl, the writer who created this story, originally for an illustrated children’s book.

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And although Paul King’s film does not open to the general public until next week, the film critics who attended the premiere yesterday were enthralled with the work that the 29-year-old actor did, because Some of them have already turned to their X accounts, formerly Twitter, to applaud his performance.

Perri Nemiroff, the director of “Collider,” a film media outlet, wrote:

“Wonka is a super charming delight driven by an exceptionally perfect performance from Timothée Chalamet, it can be quite silly and there are some plot points that are a little weak, but that couldn’t stop such an incredibly sweet film with a considerable dose and very effective sincerity will warm my heart”.

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For his part, Germain Lussier, the director of the entertainment blog Gizmodo, highlighted that for him, the only reason why the audience has to pay a ticket to see the film is to see Timothéé in the chocolatier’s shoes:

“(Timothée) is the only reason to watch it, he’s endlessly charming and fun to watch.”

Courtney Howard, from “Variety”, in addition to praising Chalamet, also gave credit to Hugh Grant who agreed to play an Oompa-Loompa, who in this version gains a greater role than in previous versions.

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“Timothée Chalamet is a factory of charisma, his total internment is intoxicating and Hugh Grant as Oompa-Loompa, in IDGAF mode exceptional.”

But, in principle, Timothée was not the only actor that King considered to play the leading role, since among the most famous names were Tom Holland, Donald Glover, Ezra Miller and Ryan Gosling.

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