Hugh Grant dances as green Oompa Loompa in Wonka trailer

Hugh Grant dances as green Oompa Loompa in Wonka trailer

It’s a scrumptious display screen function however Timothée Chalamet has discovered himself being upstaged by Hugh Grant within the hotly anticipated first have a look at Wonka.

The posh English star is seen shrunk right into a tiny inexperienced dancing Oompa Loompa within the new trailer serving up a weird cinematic second for followers to look ahead to when the film drops earlier than Christmas on December 15.

The hilarious teaser sees Chalamet, who turns into the third man to play the enduring chocolatier after Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp, chats to Grant trapped in a jar.

He asks Grant: “So you’re the funny little man who’s been following me?”

Grant’s Oompa Loompa responds: “I will have you know that I am a perfectly respectful size for an Oompa Loompa.”

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Grant then whips out a flute to do a dance jig and tells Wonka, “I’ve started dancing now, and once I’ve started I can’t stop.”

Director Paul King mentioned he forged Grant as a result of Oompa Loompa’s are merciless and sarcastic in Dahl’s books.

“They’re incredibly sarcastic and judgmental and cruel and very Roald Dahl-y about these kids. They really don’t hold back. So it was really thinking about that character who could be a real s*** and I went, ‘Ah Hugh’,” he mentioned.

“He’s the funniest, most sarcastic shit that I’ve ever met and it was very nice to put him in the film.”

The hilarious teaser sees Chalamet, who becomes the third man to play the iconic chocolatier after Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp, chats to Grant trapped in a jar. 
Camera IconThe hilarious teaser sees Chalamet, who turns into the third man to play the enduring chocolatier after Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp, chats to Grant trapped in a jar.  Credit: Warner Bros Pictures

Other scenes from the remake of Roald Dahl’s basic character see Chalamet portraying Wonka when he was a younger chocolatier and magician beginning out.

Shooting many scenes on the south coast of England, Chalamet mentioned: “To work on something that will have an uncynical young audience, that was just a big joy. That’s why I was drawn to it.”

“In a time and climate of intense political rhetoric, when there’s so much bad news all the time, this is hopefully going to be a piece of chocolate.”

Other massive names within the flick embody Matt Lucas, Rowan Atkinson and Olivia Coleman.

Source: www.perthnow.com.au