Did
you
have
a
chance
to
see
Wonka
this
weekend?
Source:
Courtesy
/
Warner
Bros.
Pictures
Wonka
arrived
in
theaters
Friday,
December
15.
Based
on
the
iconic
character
from
Roald
Dahl’s
bestselling
children’s
book
Charlie
and
the
Chocolate
Factory,
Wonka
tells
the
story
of
how
a
young
chocolate-maker,
with
only
a
hatful
of
dreams
to
his
name,
manages
to
change
the
world.
Helmed
by
Paddington
and
Paddington
2
writer/director
Paul
King,
Wonka
stars
Timothée
Chalamet
in
the
title
role,
which
introduces
audiences
to
a
young
Willy
Wonka,
as
he
becomes
the
world’s
greatest
inventor,
magician
and
chocolate-maker.
Starring
alongside
Chalamet
are
Calah
Lane,
Keegan-Michael
Key,
Paterson
Joseph,
Matt
Lucas,
Mathew
Baynton,
Oscar
nominee
Sally
Hawkins,
Rowan
Atkinson,
Jim
Carter,
with
Oscar
winner
Olivia
Colman,
and
Hugh
Grant.
The
film
also
stars
Natasha
Rothwell,
Rich
Fulcher,
Rakhee
Thakrar,
Tom
Davis
and
Kobna
Holdbrook-Smith.
GlobalGrind
Sr.
Content
Director
Janeé
Bolden
caught
up
with
Calah
Lane
and
Natasha
Rothwell
ahead
of
Wonka’s
release
to
discuss
the
film.
Lane
plays
Wonka’s
trusted
sidekick,
an
orphan
named
Noodle
and
Rothwell
holds
the
role
of
Piper
Benz,
a
plumber
who
finds
herself
trapped
in
indentured
servitude
alongside
Wonka
and
Noodle.
When
we
initially
meet
their
characters
they
are
in
a
bit
of
a
hopeless
situation,
without
much
faith
they’ll
ever
see
their
dreams
come
to
fruition.
“Not
to
get
poetic
with
it,
but
Langston
Hughes
talks
about
a
dream
deferred,
you
know
what
happens
and
I
think
that
Piper
is
in
a
place
where
she’s
forgotten
how
to
dream
because
she
feels
so
lost,”
Rothwell
told
Global
Grind
exclusively.
“Wonka’s
arrival
on
the
scene
gives
her
that
burst
of
hope
and
reminds
her
that
even
in
her
circumstances
she
can
still
hope
for
more
and
I
think
that’s
just
a
beautiful
through
line
throughout
the
movie.”
“I
think
my
character
was
—
I
feel
like
she
was
born
not
dreaming,”
Lane
added.
“She
was
born
into
having
no
mom
having
no
dad
and
I
just
feel
like
she
was
taught
to
not
dream
or
think
about
her
life.
She
just
does
what
everybody
tells
her
to
do
and
I
feel
like
Willy
Wonka
really
brings
out
the
nice
in
her
and
the
hopeful
because
she’s
really
really
hopeful.
The
only
thing
she
really
dreams
about
is
her
mom,
that’s
the
only
thing
that
she
wants
in
her
entire
life
and
I
feel
like
Willy
Wonka
brings
out
the
the
good
in
her.”
Source:
Courtesy
/
Warner
Bros.
Pictures
After
Wonka’s
arrival,
both
Noodle
and
Piper
start
to
find
their
strength
by
tapping
into
unique
talents
that
prove
extremely
helpful
to
all
of
the
workers
at
Mrs.
Scrubitt’s
—
especially
Willy.
“The
costume
design
of
the
character
definitely
pulled
inspiration
from
Rosie
the
Riveter,”
Rothwell
noted
about
her
character
Piper.
“I
think
it’s
just
so
cool
because
in
addition
to
Rosie,
there
definitely
were
women
of
color
that
were
working
during
the
war
as
well
and
so
to
tap
into
that
toughness
and
that
need
to
be
strong
in
tough
circumstances
it
felt
really
cool,
to
be
in
the
costume
really
did
shape
my
connection
to
the
character.”
For
15-year-old
Lane,
who
is
managed
by
her
mom
Treci
and
accompanied
by
her
for
all
her
jobs,
the
idea
of
being
without
a
mother
drove
her
performance.
“I
felt
like
stepping
into
the
role
of
an
orphan
really
opened
my
eyes
a
lot
because
I’ve
never
experienced
that
before,”
Lane
said.
“So
being
on
set
and
feeling
like
I
don’t
have
any
mom
and
everybody
was
mean
to
me
—
not
in
real
life
—
but
in
the
movie
when
they
said
action,
they
took
me
there.”
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Courtesy
/
Warner
Bros.
Pictures
Rothwell
and
Lane
also
spoke
about
getting
close
during
production.
Lane
was
in
England
with
most
of
her
family
during
filming,
so
Rothwell
brought
an
apple
pie
and
spent
the
Thanksgiving
holidays
with
them.
“Calah
was
there
with
her
whole
family
and
I
come
from
a
large
family
and
so
I
was
a
bit
of
a
Thanksgiving
orphan
and
Calah’s
mom,
Treci,
she’s
like,
‘Come
join
us!’
And
I
went
and
I
was
just
like,
‘This
feels
like
home.’
Then
we
connected
when
they
came
back
to
the
States
for
a
little
bit
and
she’s
like,
‘That’s
my
cousin
right
there.’:
Source:
Courtesy
/
Warner
Bros.
Pictures
One
of
our
favorite
parts
about
Wonka
was
watching
Calah
Lane
shine
alongside
leading
man
Timothée
Chalamet.
We
especially
loved
that
she
rocks
her
natural
curls
for
the
role
—
but
we
had
to
ask
her
about
a
pivotal
scene
where
she
ends
up
soaked
in
chocolate
and
whether
her
real
hair
got
drenched
in
the
process.
“I
felt
so
good
being
able
to
be
a
part
of
this
as
an
African
American
girl
and
rocking
my
natural
hair
and
and
like
just
for
all
the
other
girls
out
there
showing
that
you
can
do
this
and
you
can
be
a
part
of
a
big
film
and
you
can
do
all
of
the
stuff
that
you’ve
dreamed
to
do,”
Lane
told
Global
Grind.
“I
was
definitely
honored
to
be
able
to
do
that
but
I
did
not
get
chocolate
in
my
real
hair.
It
was
a
wig.
My
mom
made
sure
of
that.
She
was
like
we’re
not
doing
that
because
we’re
not
gonna
wash
it
out
right
now.”
We
love
it
that
her
mom
is
such
a
great
advocate
and
we
also
love
the
representation
of
this
film.
Wonka
is
in
theaters
NOW!
