Scrumdiddlyumptious!

Oct 20, 2021 09:45

I'm seeing, without in any way seeking it out, mind you, a lot of discourse on the topic of whether or not the world needs, and I quote, “hot young Wonka.”

To which I say: Gene Wilder was thirty-seven when Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory was filmed. Thirty-seven! That is hardly old! That is quite literally my age! Also, he was smoking hot. (And Read more... )

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coercedbynutmeg October 20 2021, 15:07:08 UTC
OMG he was 37? I am so bad at pinning my relative age to that of various movie roles.

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mayhap October 20 2021, 18:52:29 UTC
I know, right?! Of course kids don't usually have a great handle on the relative ages of adults, so that didn't help.

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