“I didn't have a huge amount of contact with him as my English was very poor at that time and his German wasn't so good," he said. He also paid tribute to Wilder following the titular star’s 2016 death, memorializing the actor as a “great guy” who “was very funny” and “made a lot of jokes” on set. He landed a couple more bit parts overseas, but went on to pursue an accounting degree and now works as a tax lawyer in Munich, Germany.ĭespite his divergent career path, Bollner still participates in fan meet and greets and cast reunions, including one in Los Angeles in 2014. After the project wrapped, however, the Germany native’s father insisted that he continue his education, rather than pursuing an acting career. Unlike his young costars, Michael Bollner did not have any private tutors on set while filming Willy Wonka. Gene Wilder, the actor who elevated panic to a comic art form, died on Sunday in Stamford, Conn., from complications from Alzheimer’s disease. Themmen even finished second as a Jeopardy! contestant in 2018, though late host Alex Trebek introduced him as an entrepreneur and avid backpacker who has traveled to more than 60 countries, without ever mentioning Willy Wonka. In addition to working behind the scenes as a production assistant on 2011’s Something Borrowed, he’s also appeared as himself in several reality shows, such as Top Chef: Just Desserts and Cake Wars. He hasn’t totally left Hollywood behind, though. While promoting her 2011 memoir, I Want it Now! - which includes letters she wrote to her mother while filming Willy Wonka in Germany - she referred to her child actor costars as “lifelong family,” whom she still considers her “brothers and sisters today.” These days, Cole, the mother of two grown children (with ex-husband, EastEnders actor Nick Wilton), lives in Hampshire, England with her dog Hudson and works for a cancer charity, per her official website. She completed her most recent onscreen role in 2013 before retiring from acting to train as a psychotherapist.
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Unlike her costars, Cole parlayed her Willy Wonka debut into a decades-long TV career in her native United Kingdom, including roles on BBC series Angels and Poldark in the mid to late 1970s and in the TV movie remake of Camille alongside Colin Firth in 1984. According to his clinic’s website, he was recently featured on a reality series titled Vets on Call.Īlthough a family spokesperson said the actor’s cancer had been in remission, he later succumbed to the disease and died in November 1981 at age 74. His new career path hasn’t taken him totally out of the spotlight, however. Now, Ostrum, a father of two, works as a senior partner at Countryside Veterinary Clinic in Upstate New York, where he specializes in cows and horses. “I’m relieved to tell you that my life didn’t end up as a trainwreck.” Why wasn’t he in any other films? Did he survive Hollywood?” he told a crowd at the University of Missouri in 2016. Instead, he pursued a degree in veterinary medicine and earned his doctorate from Cornell University in 1984.“People are always curious about what happened to Charlie. READ MORE: The Complicated Friendship of Comedy Duo Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder Peter Ostrum (Charlie Bucket)Īfter his starring role as Willy Wonka’s Charlie Bucket, Ostrum decided the film industry “ just wasn’t for'' him. He’s a talented man, but I don’t care for him doing stuff like he did.” “Johnny Depp, I think, is a good actor, but I don’t care for that director. 8/10 Bethany Cox.In Wilder’s last major interview with Turner Classic Movies in June 2013, he did share his disdain for Tim Burton’s 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory adaptation, in which Johnny Depp starred in the Willy Wonka role.
Overall, a beautiful film, and I do think it is underrated. The songs are lovely, especially Oompa Loompa, Imagination and I want it Now, though I will say I felt Cheer Up Charlie was rather tedious and slowed the film down quite considerably. Though the film does look beautiful with excellent cinematography and colourful sets, and the supporting characters like the Oompa Loompas, the odiously spoilt Veruca Salt, television addict Mike Tevee and the rather disgusting Violet Bueragarde, are very well done, and the actors are further advantaged by a wonderful sparkling script. However, whereas Peter Ostrum is perfectly agreeable in terms of acting as Charlie, he is let down by his lack of any real singing ability. Another standout is Jack Albertson as Grandpa Joe, his scenes with Charlie were lovingly realised, but in his song, he was just hilarious, and his singing voice was remarkably good. The film does have a number of merits, especially the flawless performance of Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, a characterisation that is charming and funny at the same time. This is a hugely enjoyable film, based upon the book by Roald Dahl.
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