Gene Wilder Had One Stipulation to Play Willy Wonka

The late Gene Wilder had a single stipulation to play Willy Wonka, which would ultimately become one of the most iconic moments in the 1971 classic, 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'.

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Gene Wilder Had One Stipulation to Play Willy Wonka

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Gene Wilder Had One Stipulation to Play Willy Wonka

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TIL Gene Wilder's only demand when cast as Willy Wonka was that he enter the courtyard hobbling, lose his cane and do a somersault, so that from that time on, no one

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Gene Wilder only accepted playing Willy Wonka on one condition: that he could enter with a limp, lose his cane without realising and then 'fall over' but somersault back to his feet.