Hugh Grant plays the first-ever Oompa Loompa in Wonka
While fans were expecting the origin story of ol’ Willy himself—and photos from set gave us an idea of what he’ll look like—the bigger surprise was a first look at Grant as one of the iconic diminutive servants/assistants/problematically employed semi-humanoid creatures from Roald Dahl’s
classic. Specifically, Grant plays theOompa Loompa that Wonka ever encounters. “That was a trip,” Chalamet said on stage in reference to working with his CGI’d co-star. “Working with Hugh is a dream come true,” the actor said, adding that Grant is “one of our greats, from Merchant Ivory Films to
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