While Johnny Depp and Timothée Chalamet tried with varying degrees of success, neither actor was able to step out from the ...

We are looking back at 'Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory' and the existential scene that was removed after audiences found ...

From Gene Wilder to Timothée Chalamet, take a look back at all of the actors who played the iconic character Alexandra Schonfeld is a features writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

If a similar movie came out today, it would almost certainly have a "PG" or even a "PG-13" tag. Charlie and the Chocolate ...

The famous fictional chocolatier has previously been portrayed onscreen by Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp Helen Murphy is a former news writer at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2020. Willy Wonka could ...

The late Gene Wilder, the famed actor and comedian, left his indelible mark in Hollywood with his films like ‘Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,’ ‘Young Frankenstein,’ ‘Bonnie & Clyde ...

Actor Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka on the set of the fantasy film 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory', based on the book by Roald Dahl, 1971. Credit: Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images Without ...

In 1971, Gene Wilder took on the role of Willy Wonka and Johnny Depp staged the beloved character in 2005. More recently, in 2023, Timothée Chalamet took on the leading role.

“Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka” tells the story about Wonka and his band of oompa loompas, who lead Charlie Bucket, along with the other golden ticket winners --Veruca Salt, Augustus Gloop, Violet ...