After playing the role of Charlie in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory(1971), former child actor Peter Ostrum all but disappeared from the spotlight.

Source: https://screenrant.com/what-happened-to-peter-ostrum/

Chalamet then clarified soon after that there was more to scoring the role of younger Willy Wonka than just that youthful rapping and tapping during his schoolboy days.

Source: https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/timothee-chalamet-dance-videos-high-school-help-wonka-paul-king

From Taxi Driver's Travis and Willy Wonka to Christian from 50 Shades of Grey, there are just some protagonists that rub the audience the wrong way.

Source: https://screenrant.com/movie-heroes-unlikeable/

Growing up with Wilder's version of Willy Wonka, King wanted to connect the two through visual cues and the script.

Source: https://mashable.com/article/paul-king-wonka-interview

In technical terms, Chalamet's young Willy Wonka means the film is a prequel to all iterations of the character.

Source: https://screenrant.com/is-wonka-a-prequel/

Ostrum was skyrocketed into the spotlight after he played Charlie Bucket in the 1971 movie Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory.

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“Willy Wonka, Wonka,” blurts out, interrupting Bowen Yang in a promo for the “Saturday Night Live” show he is hosting this week.

Source: https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/timothee-chalamet-wonka-snl-promo-actors-strike-ended-1235786725/

With such a similar facial structure to Gene Wilder, Jeremy Allen would have been perfect as Willy Wonka is the new Wonka movie.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/jeremy-allen-white-great-fit-willy-wonka/

"Yeah, absolutely because this Wonka was unformed and fresh off the boat with a handkerchief spilling out of his pockets and the edges of his coat are singed and I just, from the second I put it on, I felt like we were in this vision of Willy Wonka."

Source: https://abc7.com/wonka-willy-timothe-chalamet-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory/14189859/