Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory was one of secrecy. The cheerful songsters Oompa Loompas revealed the dirty truth behind the chocolatier’s success.

This version of the "Willy Wonka" musical has a cast of 80 ranging in age from 3 to 80. Five of the actors fly at least once while inside Wonka's chocolate factory, including the 71-year-old Title.

The Crown actor also noted that Gene Wilder’s version of the character from the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory “is very dark.” “It’s not dark in a sinister way.

Watching Willy Wonka and Wonka back-to-back, it's easy to see where King drew some parallels to the earlier film's characters and his own. In King and co-writer Simon Farnaby's screenplay, they ...

What inspired Willy Wonka's infamous chocolate factory?The first trailer for "Wonka" was released Tuesday, which may provide some answers about the fictional chocolatier's motivations.Timothée ...