Dick Van Dyke addressed a rumor he was offered the role of Willy Wonka in 1971's 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' and ...

Dick Van Dyke is setting the record straight. The 99-year-old actor recently addressed rumors that he was offered to play the ...

Whether he's being sarcastic or talking about ridiculous things, Gene Wilder was consistently hilarious as Willy Wonka, and ...

The first time I saw Wilder on-screen was in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ... Wilder said he wrote the Transylvania Station scene. (“Maybe I can help you with that hump.

The famous fictional chocolatier has previously been portrayed onscreen by Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp Helen Murphy is a former news writer at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2020. Willy Wonka could ...

Timothée Chalamet is set to play a young Willy Wonka in ... who goes on to inherit Wonka’s business. The first screen adaptation back in 1971 starred Gene Wilder in the memorable role.