Gene Wilder

Jeremy Allen White, known for The Bear, says he'd be honored to play Gene Wilder in a biopic and is ready to accept. He put it plainly: "It would be an honor... I need the call."

Jeremy Allen White Gene Wilder biopic

Gene Wilder nearly walked off the set of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory in 1971 unless his character was written to walk as a disabled person. He told the director that having Wonka use a cane would create ambiguity… แสดงเพิ่มเติม

Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor’s chemistry in STIR CRAZY makes the whole prison feel like a shared sandbox for their wildly different comic timing. They just click, and the setting almost doesn’t matter.

Gene Wilder says he almost passed on playing Willy Wonka because the director wouldn't allow him to do a specific scene: 'I'd like to come out of the door carrying a can and walk toward the crowd with a limp, the crowd… แสดงเพิ่มเติม

Gene Wilder's 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' premiered 55 years ago today.

Willy Wonka 55th anniversary