Timothée Chalamet filmsWonka(2023).Photo: Spartacus/Splash
Timothée Chalametis hard at work.
The 26-year-oldDuneactor plays a younger version ofCharlie and the Chocolate FactoryfigureWilly Wonka in the upcoming filmtitledWonka. Chalamet was photographed filming in Oxford, England, on Wednesday, working on a scene with costar Calah Lane.
In October, ChalamettoldTIMEthat he’d done some recording at London’s iconic Abbey Road studio for the movie. He added about the movie at the time, “It’s not mining the darker emotions in life. It’s a celebration of being off-center and of being okay with the weirder parts of you that don’t quite fit in.”
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In July, stars of the originalWilly Wonkamovie musical told PEOPLE they wereexcited to see the new iteration.
“As Julie likes to say, ‘There’s room for all of us. We can all play well together in the sandbox,’ " Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie Bucket, said at the time. “And the prequel will shed more light on early Wonka.”
“But again, there’s been so many different versions ofWilly Wonka, be it on Broadway, opera, a pinball machine … you can’t kill the Willy Wonka story,” he added. “So all of it is good. It’s a great story. And people enjoy whatever different version they’re watching; it’s fun to watch. So I think we’re all looking forward to the prequel.”
Wonkais scheduled to open on March 17, 2023.
source: people.com
