Wonka director Paul King recently recalled writing Hugh Grant a letter asking him to play an Oompa Loompa in the eagerly-awaited Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory prequel.King revealed how he convinced his Paddington 2 collaborator to portray one of the diminutive, orange-skinned, green-haired magical beings in an interview with Variety. “I had to write [Grant] this awkward letter, saying, ‘You’re good at playing washed-up, old hams…'” he said. “Once you see Hugh Grant as an 18-inch high orange man with green hair, you go, ‘Ah, yes. I know what Oompa Loompas are. It all makes perfect sense.'”King, who also co-wrote Wonka’s screenplay with Simon Farnaby, noted in a previous interview that Grant was his first and possibly only choice for the Oompa Loompa role. The director attributed Grant’s suitability for the part to the English actor’s acerbic personality, branding Grant “the funniest, most sarcastic shit” he’s ever encountered. King also made it clear that he always envisioned Grant’s character sporting the same look as the Oompa Loompas in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, as he “felt like that’s what an Oompa Loompa was.”Related: Wonka Director Compares Timothee Chalamet’s Singing to a Legendary Singer
Wonka director Paul King recently recalled writing Hugh Grant a letter asking him to play an Oompa Loompa in the eagerly-awaited Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory prequel.
King revealed how he convinced his Paddington 2 collaborator to portray one of the diminutive, orange-skinned, green-haired magical beings in an interview with Variety. “I had to write [Grant] this awkward letter, saying, ‘You’re good at playing washed-up, old hams…'” he said. “Once you see Hugh Grant as an 18-inch high orange man with green hair, you go, ‘Ah, yes. I know what Oompa Loompas are. It all makes perfect sense.'”
King, who also co-wrote Wonka‘s screenplay with Simon Farnaby, noted in a previous interview that Grant was his first and possibly only choice for the Oompa Loompa role. The director attributed Grant’s suitability for the part to the English actor’s acerbic personality, branding Grant “the funniest, most sarcastic shit” he’s ever encountered. King also made it clear that he always envisioned Grant’s character sporting the same look as the Oompa Loompas in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, as he “felt like that’s what an Oompa Loompa was.”
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