Every movie buff knows that Hollywood loves remakes. Every year stories from another time are re-told, modernizing and re-adapting, but for some years now, this phenomenon of recycling stories that work has been joined by the fever for prequels. So much so that a franchise like X-Men created a series of previous films with First Generation. Recently there have been productions such as the adaptation of the video game Uncharted with a young Nathan Drake, played by Tom Holland or the solo film Furiosa, although this time it will be Anya Taylor-Joy who will replace Charlize Theron in the title role. The latest major prequel to be announced is Timothée Chalamet’s Willy Wonka.
The repercussion of the news has reached the cast of the original 1971 film . Some of them have wanted to comment on the choice of the young actor for the iconic role in which Gene Wilder and Johnny Deep shone years before. Everything happened due to an online meeting of the actors of the film due to the 50th anniversary of the film. Paris Themmen, the actor who played the young Mike Tevé believes that Chalamet has an advantage over the rest: One good thing for them is that they do not have to make a direct comparison because it is a prequel rather than a remake. So he doesn’t necessarily have to be as good as Gene (Wilder), which is obviously very difficult to achieve . “
Themmen also praised the Dune actor , who he said is a “talented actor .” “I don’t know if he has the wild eyes that Gene has, but he does have his hair and a somewhat similar overall appearance.” Ostrum, Charlie from the original film, said that whatever this prequel was, “you can’t kill Wonka.” The proof of this is the remake directed by Tim Burton: “The children saw the Johnny Depp version and all the parents said: ‘You need to see the original movie ” Ostrum said in the virtual meeting of Yahoo. The actor also doesn’t seem to have any qualms about Timothée Chalamet’s Willy Wonka or any other adaptation being made. “It’s a great story and it needs to be re-told, regardless of who is producing or making it,” Ostrum concluded.
