#Willy wonka and the chocolate factory movie

He explained in a 2001 documentary that he wouldn't do the movie without it, as he didn't want audiences to know whether he was lying or being truthful. Notably, he invited his famous introduction, where he wobbled outside with a cane, only to do a somersault. But Wilder had a great deal of influence on Willy Wonka. Surely, many audiences didn't expect it either. He didn't know he would explode that way. When it came to the memorable Wonkatania boat scene, which gave more-than-a-few-folks the willies (no pun intended), Mel Stuart admits in a 2011 interview that Gene Wilder's performance surprised him. When you allow your actors to experiment and try different things, the results might not always work, but they can surprise you. One of the joys of filmmaking comes from the collaborative process.

He had serious reservations about Gene Wilder's performance as Wonka, which he thought 'pretentious' and insufficiently 'gay and bouncy'.Дirector Mel Stuart Didn't Know How Gene Wilder Was Going To Read The Wonkatania Boat Poem Roald eventually came to tolerate the film, acknowledging that were 'many good things' in it, but he never liked it. As it was noted (via Insider) in Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl, Dahl had 'serious reservations.' Here's what Daniel Sturrock, Storyteller's author(and the late Dahl's friend), said in his 2010 biography: He also thought Gene Wilder was miscast, preferring Peter Sellers or Spike Milligan instead (he apparently wanted a European actor).

Ultimately, while Roald Dahl is Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory's credited screenwriter, the novelist hated the final product, believing it was 'crummy,' and not caring for the changes made, the music or the direction. It's hard for the writer to divorce themselves from their words, and not be biased against any changes made, which means that many authors hold mixed feelings towards their movies adaptations - especially if said adaptation becomes more popular than their work. Author Roald Dahl Hated The Movie, Called It 'Crummy'ДЄn author's relationship to their adaptations can be tricky business.