Wonka Criticized for Casting Hugh Grant as Oompa-Loompa – E! On-line

With 5 months nonetheless left to go till the discharge of Wonka, the movie is already going through backlash.

The Warner Bros. Photos film, set to be launched Dec. 15, has been known as out for having Hugh Grant play an Oompa-Loompa as an alternative of casting an actor with dwarfism.

“Quite a lot of actors [with dwarfism] really feel like we’re being pushed out of the business we love,” George Coppen, an actor with dwarfism who performed Candy Cupid in The Faculty for Good and Evil, informed the BBC in an interview printed July 26. “Lots of people, myself included, argue that dwarfs must be provided on a regular basis roles in dramas and soaps, however we don’t get provided these roles. One door is being closed however they’ve forgotten to open the subsequent one.” 

Coppen’s feedback come two weeks after the trailer for Wonka—which stars Timothée Chalamet because the title character—was launched, providing a sneak peek at Grant within the film.

“They’ve enlarged his head so his head seems greater,” Coppen continued. “[I thought] what the hell have you ever carried out to him?”