‘He fits perfectly’: Timothée Chalamet ‘channelling Gene Wilder’ in new Wonka film

Entertainment commentator Shane Bassett says Timothée Chalamet is “channelling Gene Wilder” and “fits perfectly” in his role as Willy Wonka in the newly-released prequel ‘Wonka’. The ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ prequel, Wonka, has now made over $US400 million worldwide. The movie is expected to become the biggest hit of leading actor Timothée Chalamet’s career. “I am a big fan of the first one too – Gene Wilder is amazing, but then Johnny Depp did a version, which I don’t regard at all," Mr Bassett told Sky News Australia. “Timothée Chalamet in the new one is channelling Gene Wilder, and it’s a prequel, so it’s before he had the chocolate factory, it’s before he meets the Oompa Loompas. “I liked it, but I’m on the fence. I didn’t love it. “A lot of people didn’t realise it was a musical until you’re in there for about five minutes, and then you know.”