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Random Trivia For This Title: - Steve MartinSteve Martin, Robin WilliamsRobin Williams, Christopher WalkenChristopher Walken, Nicolas CageNicolas Cage, Will SmithWill Smith, Brad PittBrad Pitt and Michael KeatonMichael Keaton were all considered for the role of Willy Wonka. Marilyn MansonMarilyn Manson also badly wanted the part.
- Deep RoyDeep Roy played every Oompa-Loompa himself, repeating the same movements several hundred times. While these were then put together digitally, each Oompa-Loompa represents a separate performance by Roy. In recognition of this, Roy's salary was raised to $1,000,000.
- In the flashback where Wonka opens his factory, Johnny DeppJohnny Depp holds out his giant scissors in a posed fashion, very much in the style of his title character in Edward Scissorhands.
- Johnny DeppJohnny Depp's second chocolate-based movie (the first being Chocolat). Depp doesn't like the taste of good chocolate - he prefers the cheap, Easter-bunny type.
- The lollipops on the trees, the giant pink sugar canes, and the giant humbugs were real candy.
- A camera lens wasn't properly secured when trying to get a shot of a vat of chocolate. As a result, the lens fell into the vat, which destroyed it.
- Johnny DeppJohnny Depp was so impressed with Freddie HighmoreFreddie Highmore's performance in Finding Neverland that he recommended that Tim BurtonTim Burton observe him for the role of Charlie Bucket.
- The role of Doctor Wonka (Christopher LeeChristopher Lee) was written specifically for the film to give the character of Willy Wonka a bit of a family history.
- Wonka's line, "Good morning, starshine, the earth says hello," is the first line of the song {Good Morning Sunshine} from the musical Hair.
- The lyrics to four of the five musical numbers in the movie were written by Roald DahlRoald Dahl himself.
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