Emma Corrin used Willy Wonka as inspiration for new villain character

The actor drew on Wilder’s interpretation while planning the performance. “There’s something extravagant in Gene Wilder’s performance,” Corrin said, claiming that Wilder had created “one of the best villains of all time.”

“And it’s a similar energy that Christoph Waltz has (playing a Nazi) in Inglourious Basterds, because he’s wearing a uniform so he can sit there and drink a glass of milk and pretend he’s a f—ing fairy godmother.”

Dahl’s story sees Augustus Gloop fall into a chocolate river, Violet Beauregarde turned into a blueberry, Mike Teavee shrunk to pocket-size and Veruca Salt sucked down a chute.

Wilder, who died in 2016, revealed in interviews that he terrified Peter Ostrom, the child actor playing Charlie Bucket, by yelling at him during a scene – he had not done so during rehearsals, saving it for when the cameras rolled in order to elicit a genuinely frightened reaction.