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But it does sort of feel that way.

And the actor did have a lot of input.

Here's Wilder from an interview he did with filmmaker Stuart Mabee in 2009.

It's not a surprise that Roald Dahl had a problem with this.

As I already mentioned, he wasn't a fan of actors in general.

And here's an example of an actor being given a lot of authority to alter a role that Dahl created.

But I think Dahl was always going to have a problem with whoever played Willy Wonka.

In his book, Wonka is very underwritten, purposefully.

He's an enigma, like his author, which offers the reader a delicious mystery.

But when you put that same character on film and put a human face and voice behind him, either the mystery fades or the actor comes up with such a strange interpretation that a whole new mystery is born.

And I'm Alex English.

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Thank you for finishing that sentence.

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What Kugler did that I think was so unique.

Who's he?

He's the writer-director.

I wrap it in a blanket and sing to it at night.