We are looking back at 'Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory' and the existential scene that was removed after audiences found it 'too real'.

Not only did Mel Stuart love the scene after it was filmed, but "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" is now widely ...

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From Gene Wilder to Timothée Chalamet, take a look back at all of the actors who played the iconic character Alexandra Schonfeld is a features writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

The first time I saw Wilder on-screen was in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ... Wilder said he wrote the Transylvania Station scene. (“Maybe I can help you with that hump.

Peter Ostrum as Charlie Bucket in a scene from "Willy Wonka and ... several big-screen adaptions. In 1971, Gene Wilder took on the role of Willy Wonka and Johnny Depp staged the beloved character ...

The late Gene Wilder, the famed actor and comedian, left his indelible mark in Hollywood with his films like ‘Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,’ ‘Young Frankenstein,’ ‘Bonnie & Clyde ...