Bob Geldof is terrified of blood and found the razor blade scene extremely difficult to film. He was only supposed to shave his eyebrows. Feeling himself seized by the role, he improvised the scene and shaved his entire body. This scene was inspired by Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett (as was much of the album), who became mentally ill and left the band in the late 1960s. According to the band, Barrett once left a crowded dinner party, went home, shaved his head, and went back, behaving as though it was the most normal thing in the world. Some of the people who were close to Syd during his decline had to leave the theater during the scene, because they found it so disturbing.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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The lyrics to four of the five musical numbers in the movie were written by Roald Dahl.
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Reference to Psycho. Mike TV is in the television standing in the shower. Freddie Highmore (Charlie) plays the role of Norman Bates in the Bates Motel.
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During pre-production, director Tim Burton visited Roald Dahl's former house in the Buckinghamshire village of Great Missenden. Liccy Dahl remembers Burton entering Dahl's famed writing shed and saying, "This is the Bucket's house!" and thinking to herself, "Thank God, somebody gets it." Liccy showed Burton the original handwritten manuscripts, which Burton discovered were more politically incorrect than the published book. The manuscripts included a child named Herpes after the sexually transmitted disease.
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When everyone is entering the factory, Wonka seems to have trouble saying the word "parents", which at first one might just assume is part of his eccentricity. It turns out to be a big plot point -- what with his father issues and all.
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The "TV Room" was patterned after photographs from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Danger: Diabolik (1968), and THX 1138 (1971).
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Johnny Depp used game show hosts as well as children's television hosts, such as Fred Rogers, as his inspiration for his performance as Willy Wonka. He also said in interviews that Willy Wonka would be "part Howard Hughes-reclusive, part 1970's glamorous rock star."
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Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, and Eileen Essell appeared in Finding Neverland (2004).
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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