{"id":1975079,"date":"2023-07-17T12:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T16:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wonka-director-describes-volume-of-chocolate-eaten-during-filming-a-miracle-that-timmy-remains-so-slim\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T12:27:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T16:27:36","slug":"wonka-director-describes-volume-of-chocolate-eaten-during-filming-a-miracle-that-timmy-remains-so-slim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wonka-director-describes-volume-of-chocolate-eaten-during-filming-a-miracle-that-timmy-remains-so-slim\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Wonka&#8217; Director: Timmy&#8217;s Slim Figure Despite Chocolate Binge is a Miracle"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwonka-director-describes-volume-of-chocolate-eaten-during-filming-a-miracle-that-timmy-remains-so-slim%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1975079&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The director\u2064 for the \u200dupcoming \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/movies\"><span style=\"font-weight:\u2063 400\">Wonka<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:\u200d 400\">\u201d \u2063movie \u2062described \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-takes-over-more-major-afghan-cities-controls-majority-of-nation-seizes-u-s-military-weapons\/\" title=\"Taliban Takes Over More Major Afghan Cities, Controls Majority Of Nation, Seizes U.S. Military Weapons\">sheer amount<\/a> of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/chocolate\"><span style=\"font-weight:\u2064 400\">chocolate<\/span><\/a><span\u200c style=\"font-weight: \u200b400\"> the cast \u2062ate during filming, joking that he couldn\u2019t understand how lead actor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/celebrities\"><span\u200d style=\"font-weight: 400\">Timoth\u00e9e \u2064Chalamet<\/span><\/a><span \u200dstyle=\"font-weight:\u2064 400\"> didn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eight-uncommon-signs-of-burnout\/\" title=\"Eight Uncommon Signs of Burnout\">gain weight<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \u2062<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:\u200d 400\">\u201cI\u2019ve [gained] about \u206250 pounds, \u2064but I hope\u2063 I can lose\u200b it\u2064 before [the movie]\u2062 comes \u2064out,\u201d\u200b the film\u2019s\u2063 director\u2063 and \u2064co-writer\u2063 Paul \u2063King told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/wonka-director-jokes-about-chocolate-consumed-on-set-timothee-chalamet-exclusive-7561451\"><span style=\"font-weight:\u200b 400\">People<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:\u200b 400\">\u200d during a \u200crecent interview.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: \u200d400\">\u201cIt\u2019s a \u2062miracle that \u200bTimmy remains so slim and\u2064 handsome,\u201d King joked\u200b about the\u200c <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/hollywood\"><span \u2062style=\"font-weight: \u200c400\">film\u2019s\u200d star<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:\u200d 400\">.\u2064 \u201cI\u2019m \u2063trying to fatten\u2064 him\u2063 up, but it\u2019s hard to do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2062 <\/p>\n<p><span \u2063style=\"font-weight:\u200c 400\">The \u2062musical fantasy film \u201cWonka\u201d is a \u2063prequel \u200cto\u2062 the 1971\u2063 classic\u200c \u201cWilly\u2062 Wonka and \u2062the Chocolate Factory,\u201d which starred\u2062 Gene Wilder. The\u200b Warner Bros. \u200dproduction will follow Chalamet \u2062in the titular \u2064role as he\u2064 begins\u200d his career as \u200da \u2063chocolatier. It is currently scheduled for a December 2023 release date.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When\u200b asked just\u200b how much \u2063chocolate the\u2064 cast and crew \u2062ate on set, King said it was a \u2062\u201cgreat\u200d deal, \u200cwhich \u2063was \u200ba\u2063 wonderful thing\u201d \u2063and\u2063 helped \u2063establish the idea \u2063that\u2063 his \u2064\u201clife had\u2063 taken\u2063 a\u2064 wonderful turn.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: \u200b400\">\u201cWe had this incredible chocolatier,\u201d the director told People. \u201cShe\u200d made these incredible concoctions, \u200cand we would \u200btaste \u2064them. They tasted \u200cmuch\u200c better than\u200b they needed\u2062 to, because obviously actors are good at pretending things, but the miracle was\u200b they tasted\u200b every\u200b bit\u2063 as good as they looked.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \u200d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: \u200b400\">He went on to describe one \u2064scene involving Chalamet\u2019s \u200cWonka and his friend Noodle (Calah Lane) being submerged into a \u2062literal \u200bvat of chocolate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe actually made an\u2063 enormous vat of \u2062hot chocolate \u2014\u2064 not \u200bscalding,\u200b just \u2062warm hot chocolate for them\u2064 to\u2062 immerse themselves in,\u201d\u2063 King said.\u2064 \u201cSo\u200c there was a lot of chocolate around.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200c <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last \u2062week, the director praised Chalamet\u2019s performance in\u2063 \u201cWonka\u201d and \u2063said fans would be impressed \u2062with\u200d the range\u200c of his skills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2063 think what\u2019s\u2064 so remarkable\u2062 about his\u200d performance \u2064is not \u2064only that he is funny and mischievous \u2063and quite mysterious, \u2063as well\u200d \u2014 just like the Willy \u200bWonka that \u2064people\u2062 will\u200c know \u2063\u2014 \u200bbut also, he brings such heart to the role\u200c and he\u2019s a brilliant\u2063 actor,\u201d the\u2063 director said. \u201cHe\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wonka-director-describes-volume-of-chocolate-eaten-during-filming-a-miracle-that-timmy-remains-so-slim\/\" title=\"'Wonka' Director: Timmy's Slim Figure Despite Chocolate Binge is a Miracle\">incredibly emotionally \u2064intelligent<\/a> and can bring a\u2063 great deal\u2062 of emotional truth to the role.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: \u2062400\">He said viewers will see how the actor \u201ccan also sing and dance\u200c brilliantly.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span\u200b style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s\u200d really a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-truth-and-beauty-reviewing-andrew-klavans-latest-book\/\" title=\"The Truth And Beauty: Reviewing Andrew Klavan\u2019s Latest Book\">tour de force<\/a> for him there,\u201d\u2064 King said. \u201cHe\u200d was rehearsing\u200d for months before we went to kind \u2062of that honing\u2062 skills, which was \u2064a pleasure to watch.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Wonka&#8221; movie director marveled at the cast&#8217;s chocolate consumption during filming. He jokingly wondered how Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, the lead actor, managed to avoid gaining weight. The director, Paul King, admitted to gaining around 50 pounds himself but hoped to shed it before the movie&#8217;s release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1975080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}