Timothée Chalamet loved the script for “Wonka”

Timothée Chalamet told GamesRadar+ that before agreeing to play the famous chocolatier in Wonka, he was prejudiced against prequels and remakes, which they saw as potential “cynical money-grabbing opportunities.” “Like many people, when there are remakes, I feel very protective of the original character and the versions that we love,” confided the actor.

But his doubts about the legitimacy of Wonka were swept away when reading the script, from the “first three pages”. ” The song Hat Full of Dreams was there,” and that convinced him. “There was no music to accompany it, but the lyrics were so clever,” he said. Young Willy was not at all the crazy, cynical, jaded and scatterbrained version that we see in the previous two films, but rather hopeful, young, ambitious, who you can’t say no to. , perhaps a little naive. » The young actor appreciated this approach to the character. “I think it’s very smart,” he said.

Musical comedies

Timothée Chalamet is a fan of musicals. “I love musicals, songs and dancing,” he explains. And I love old Fred Astaire movies. » Of course, he also loved the original film Charlie and the chocolate factory with Gene Wilder (1971). “I didn’t think I’d get the chance to do it, not like this.” But Paul King is one of those directors to whom we don’t say no,” he admitted, however denying that he was looking for a musical film.

Director Paul King explained to Rolling Stone that it did not seem useful to him to audition Timothée Chalamet because “he was the only person he had in mind to do it”. Wonkaalso starring Olivia Colman, is released in France on December 13.