Paul Connell, who portrayed “Willy McDuff” at Willy’s Chocolate Experience, talks to WIRED about the Unknown, jelly beans, and an impossible vacuum cleaner trick.
Let’s get one thing out of the way first: Neither Warner Bros., which produced Wonka, nor the character Willy Wonka are actually affiliated with the disastrous viral Glasgow event known as Willy’s Chocolate Experience. It’s an easy mistake to make. Aside from the name, the event featured actors clearly costumed to look like Oompa Loompas. Its chocolatier Willy is an eccentric dreamer in a top hat.
Seeing the warehouse in the morning, it was like, in what world do you think the kids are going to come through here and not feel like there's something sinister going on? This is not a magical chocolate world. This is something out of a horror film. How was this supposed to go? It very much seems like a guided tour to me. I would come out, I would introduce myself.
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