Dick Van Dyke addressed a rumor he was offered the role of Willy Wonka in 1971's 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' and why he thought Gene Wilder than a better job than he would have.

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory has stood the test of time as a family classic, but the ending proves how much it ...

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' is everyone's favorite version of the story, but the 1971 Gene Wilder delight was born ...

Gene Wilder also nabbed a Golden Globe nod for Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical. Although the film didn’t take home a statuette at either ceremony, Willy Wonka remains a ...

The 99-year-old actor recently addressed rumors that he was offered to play the role of Willy ... 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, a now-iconic role that ultimately went to Gene Wilder.

and he reflected on some of the parts he didn’t get Van Dyke addressed a rumor that he was “offered” the role of Willy Wonka in 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Van Dyke looked ...

This iteration of the eccentric chocolatier Willy ... Wonka's chocolate factory make Charlie look for the magic in everything.” Broussard said the musical is somewhere in tone between the Gene ...

“Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory” (Paramount ... take on Roald Dahl’s quirky chocolatier, it was good ‘ol Gene Wilder who stole our hearts in the 1971 family musical.

Duck Van Dyke in 1977 (left); Gene Wilder in 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' (right) in 1971 ...