While Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie Bucket, never acted in another role , for some of the others, it set them up for life. But Mel was difficult too! He was quite pedantic about things. He objected to one word — he would be that pedantic about certaint things. Perhaps there were clashes, clashes before we even got started I think! Clashes aside, Stuart and his team had to come up with some pretty inventive ways to depict the chocolate factory.
He was lovely, he was funny, not wildly extroverted really. He was just Gene, sitting in the corner with everybody else, getting on with it. JR: Actually, the Ouija Board sounds like an interesting evening.
Did you have contact with her before then? JDC: I saw Denise regularly, and we were in contact just 2 weeks before she had her stroke. Paris was staying with me on vacation and Rusty Goffe who played one of the Oompa Loompas , had joined us for lunch, so we gave her a call.
Denise and I always called each other Sis. I was incredibly sad, when she died. She had a terrible year following her stroke and never recovered. Paris and I visited her in September just after her stroke. She had recovered well, but her speech was slow, and she struggled, So we sang Willy Wonka songs, and she seemed really happy. It was one of the saddest days I have known. That was the last time I saw her, waving goodbye from her balcony window. Denise Nickerson.
Do you all still keep in touch? We had a lot of fun. Peter Ostrum. Oompa Loompas. JR: Speaking of Oompa Loompas, what was your first impression at seeing the chocolate room? JDC: It was beautiful, and such fun to run round. I used to take my lunch to the riverbank and have my own little picnic. That set looked magnificent. And I read that you actually hated chocolate? My daughters are the same, and I question their bloodlines because of that, but how was it for someone who hated chocolate to be surrounded by it?
I guess the most was in the salts salted peanut factory when they were shelling wrappers, but most of those were dummies. JR: You have had such a lengthy and fantastic career.
Out of your post-Wonka roles, which are some of your favorites and why? I worked out once that work had taken me to 40 countries! You really have been fortunate to get to see so many different places and cultures. Can you share any fun anecdotes regarding some of your other roles? I shared a trailer with Billie Whitelaw, and we were on location near Versaille. Relaxing after lunch there was a little knock on the door. It was Sir John Gielguid.
He asked if he could join us, as he was lonely on his own! What an amazing afternoon. Another time I had to meet Katherine Hepburn, and read a script with her. Not true of course, but oh how magical to read with her. Camille film. JR: That is sad. Would love to get to see you at a convention!
How are your interactions with fans? JDC: Interesting, especially the lady who has a full sized tattoo of me on her back! Kansas City. I read the comments in the videos, and you just saw how much that meant to fans. It really was nice of you to do. Did that give you a new sense of how much of a part you played in the childhoods of so many people? And in the film, the trained squirrels are replaced by geese that lay special golden eggs, meaning Veruca's trip down the rubbish chute is because she is a Bad Egg.
Registered Charity No. Company limited by guarantee number Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity. Made by Opencultu. Basket 0. About Stories Characters Timeline Archive. Veruca Salt. About the story Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
0コメント