Ostrum was perfect and beat out many, many other children for the role of Charlie Bucket. His experience on stage gave him an edge. "Willy Wonka & the ... meet his wife's mother for the first ...

The world is astounded when Willy Wonka ... and one will win a lifetime supply of Wonka chocolate. Nobody wants the prize more than young Charlie, but as his family is so poor that buying even ...

Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory famously ends with Willy Wonka gifting Charlie his titular factory, a place of infinite wonder and possibilities; the two then watch a sad ...