Hugh Grant Reveals Why He ‘Hated’ Making ‘Wonka’ Film – Hollywood Life

Hugh Grant, 63, didn’t get pleasure from enjoying an Oompa Loompa within the new Wonka movie. The actor admitted he “hated” the job within the Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing unit prequel because of the many cameras and different tips used for manufacturing to seize the character, in a press convention with Metro.co.uk this week.

“It was like a crown of thorns, very uncomfortable,’ he mentioned about having a number of cameras in his face and different apparatuses to assist the animators create the scenes. “I made an enormous fuss about it. I couldn’t have hated the entire thing extra.”

Hugh additionally admitted he wasn’t certain if he needed to “act with my physique or not, and I by no means obtained a passable reply.” He added, “And admittedly, what I did with my physique was horrible, and it’s all been changed with an animator.”

When he was requested if the ultimate product was value it, he replied, “probably not,” making different different forged members on the convention snicker alongside him. He additionally commented on the dancing and mentioned, “It needs to be enjoyable, however that was carried out by the animator.”

“It’s very complicated, with CGI now, you possibly can’t inform what’s occurring,” he continued, recalling his father turning to him throughout Paddington 2 to ask, “Is that an actual bear?” So far as why he determined to make the movie, Hugh joked, “I barely hate [making films] however I’ve a lot of youngsters and wish cash.

The cheeky star additionally admitted it wasn’t all dangerous and he did have “fairly enjoyable, messing round and attempting new strains.”

Along with Hugh, different acquainted faces that star in Wonka embody Timothee Chalamet, who performs the title character, Rowan Atkinson, Sally Hawkins, and Olivia Coleman. Director Paul King reportedly beforehand talked about casting for the movie and mentioned that he thought Hugh can be an ideal Oompa Loompa. He reportedly referred to as the Love Really star “the funniest, most sarcastic s**t I’ve ever met” and mentioned that within the books, the Oompa Loompas had been “extremely sarcastic and judgemental and merciless,” so he “was actually simply enthusiastic about that character; anyone who could possibly be an actual s**t, after which — ah! Hugh!”