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Marc Bernardin, Los Angeles Times: Movie
Mon, 08/29/2016 - 3:10pm

When Gene Wilder was considering taking the role of the delightfully demented title character in 1971’s “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” legend has it that his sticking point was the manner of Willy Wonka’s first appearance in the film. Wilder demanded that the quizzical confectioner first...

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