Getting cast as an Oompa Loompa in the adaptation of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was a huge break for Rusty Goffe, who was 22 as filming began in 1971. However, he soon found an unexpected ...

An actress who played an Oompa Loompa at a disastrous event Willy Wonka event has revealed she wanted to walk out - and revealed staff went to the pub when it was shut down. Parents were left furious ...

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is one of the most popular movies from the 20th century. Based on the novel by Roald Dahl, the 1971 film takes viewers into the extraordinary candy-making factory ...

Hugh Grant channeled hisWonka character, an Oompa-Loompa, as he presented the 2024 Bafta for best director at Sunday’s (18 February) ceremony. The actor, 63, starred in the iconic role alongside ...

In the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory text, the eccentric Willy Wonka discovered Oompa Loompas and invited them to live and work at his wondrous chocolate factory. The three film ...

The Willy Wonka experience in Scotland went viral for all the wrong reasons. It's having an unlikely comeback in LA. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks about it with Kirsty Paterson, who plays an Oompa Loompa.

The official trailer for Warner Bros.’ “Wonka” gave moviegoers a first look at Timothée Chalamet’s singing and dancing chocolatier. It also dropped a surprise at the very end: Hugh Grant sporting ...

The Oompa Loompa who went viral after doomed Willy Wonka Experience has moved to Australia - and says she still gets recognised. Kirsty Paterson, 31, found accidental fame after dressing up as the ...

A batch of exclusive images from the forthcoming movie musical Wonka have been released, and among them is a first look at Hugh Grant in costume as a tiny, orange, green-haired Oompa-Loompa. It was ...

WHAT do we do with the Oompa-Loompas? That is a question filmmakers and writers have tangled with ever since the 1964 debut of the tiny, largely unpaid labourers in Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s ...