It's a shame that I am really no fan of Gene Wilder! In most of his movies he simply gets on my nerves! This is pure irony because Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory could never have succeeded as the classic that it has become WITHOUT the superb performance of Gene Wilder!
In the original novel by Roald Dahl "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory"(actually currently remade and due for release in 2005) the "Willy Wonka" character was an eccentric elderly genius.Perhaps a little "odd" but nonetheless refined and "sane" in his approach to his visitors to his factory! In "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" Gene Wilder pulls out ALL the stops! His "Willy Wonka" carries the film with a vigor and a sense of mystery that the viewers cannot even figure out until the ending! This is clearly the role Gene Wilder wanted to play all of his life.And he does it his own way..like no one else EVER could!!
In the original novel by Roald Dahl "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory"(actually currently remade and due for release in 2005) the "Willy Wonka" character was an eccentric elderly genius.Perhaps a little "odd" but nonetheless refined and "sane" in his approach to his visitors to his factory! In "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" Gene Wilder pulls out ALL the stops! His "Willy Wonka" carries the film with a vigor and a sense of mystery that the viewers cannot even figure out until the ending! This is clearly the role Gene Wilder wanted to play all of his life.And he does it his own way..like no one else EVER could!!