Just when the Wonka AI controversy couldn't get stranger, an actress who claimed she played the deranged character was outed as a fake.
This week, the world had a collective freakout over “Willy’s Chocolate Experience,” an event in Glasgow, Scotland that ended in tears. Organizers used AI-generated ads that promised $45 Wonka wonderland, but when parents and children arrived, they found a barren, filthy warehouse. Several actors involved with the production came forward to share horror stories, including one woman who said she played a sinister character called “The Unknown.
” Some commenters questioned her story from the jump, but as a whole, the response on social media took Edwards at face value, and several online outlets published articles about her video. But then users on X/Twitter started digging into her account. Edwards did not immediately respond to a request for comment. On the day of the Wonka fiasco, February 24th, Edwards posted a photo captioned “Leicester,” a city in England more than 300 miles away. The internet smelled a rat.
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