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Who best portrayed the chocolate maker? Willy Wonka has been delighting fans all over the world for several decades. The classic children’s book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” was made into a film for the first time in 1971. In the lead role was for the first time Gene Wilder hatched. His successor was Johnny Depp (60) in 2005. The backstory of the imaginative inventor can currently be admired in cinemas. Timothée Chalamet (27) takes on the role of Wonka as the younger version of the chocolatier. The Glamial readers agree which of them is Willy Wonka best embodied!
A total of 2,511 readers voted for their favorite in a Glamial survey [Stand: 24. Dezember, 11:50 Uhr]. A fairly clear result emerges. With 2,233 votes and therefore 88.9 percent Johnny in front! However, 215 people, which corresponds to 8.6 percent, are more likely to love Timothy Depiction of the young chocolate maker. Lands with 63 percent and therefore 2.5 percent Genes Version in third place.
As the 27-year-old said in an interview with E! News reveals that he chose his version of Willy Wonka no advice from his predecessor Johnny – he was based on the very first version of the chocolatier! “I have the Genes-Wilder version loved. “That was the version I saw first, the one I grew up with,” says Timothy to.
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