‘Willy Wonka’ at 50: Child Stars Recall the Making of the Film
BY SETH ABRAMOVITCH | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT Thanks to repeat TV airings after modest box office success, the Paramount release earned its reputation as a film classic — Timothée Chalamet was recently cast to play a young Wonka in a big-screen reimagining — and would forever impact the lives of its young cast. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, which turns 50 on June 30, got mixed reviews upon its release (THR declared that “a pleasanter, more captivating … musical for children this year is difficult to conceive,” while The New York Times dismissed it as “tedious and stagy with little sparkle…