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Rusty Goffe (born 30 October 1948) is an English actor. He is best known for his appearances in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, and the Harry Potter franchise. He played Goober on Stupid!.
Gurdeep "Deep" Roy (born Mohinder Purba; 1 December 1957) is a Kenyan-British actor, puppeteer and stuntman.At 132 centimetres (4 ft 4 in) tall, [1] he has often been cast as diminutive characters, such as Teeny Weeny in The NeverEnding Story, all the Oompa-Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Keenser in Star Trek and its sequels, and in television series such as The X-Files, Doctor ...
In the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory they were written to be played by actors with dwarfism and are portrayed as orange-skinned, green-haired men in striped shirts and baggy lederhosen-like pants following criticism from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that the importation of African Oompa-Loompas ...
As Wonka director Paul King tells it, Hugh Grant was typecast when it came to playing the "gleefully naughty" Oompa-Loompa in the latest screen story about Willy Wonka and his twisted candy ...
Aside from Chalamet, the cast includes, yes, Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa—and Sally Hawkins as Willy Wonka’s mother. Olivia Coleman and Rowan Atkinson show up in the preview as well.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 December 2024. 1971 film by Mel Stuart For the book that this film is based on, see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. For the 2005 film adaptation, see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film). Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Theatrical release poster Directed by Mel Stuart Screenplay by Roald ...
The director said Grant possessed the exact qualities needed to portray a grumpy Oompa Loompa opposite Timothée Chalamet’s ever-optimistic and mischievous Willy Wonka. Warner Bros.
The actor was able to play various Oompa-Loompas using split screen photography, digital and front projection effects. [4] "Tim told me that the Oompa-Loompas were strictly programmed, like robots—all they do is work, work, work," Roy commented. "So when it comes time to dance, they're like a regiment; they do the same steps."