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Two fun facts for you:

1) The scene where Willy is first introduced and tumbles across the carpet towards the gates of the factory? Yeah, Gene Wilder said he wouldn’t do the movie if he couldn’t add that scene in. So they let him do it.

2) When everyone is on the boat ride and goes through the LSD tunnel, Willy’s monologue was improvised. All the actors were genuinely afraid Gene was having some sort of mental breakdown while filming. This man was an absolute legend.

I am very drunk and listening to toto’s Africa

I’m thinking about watching Charlie and the chocolate factory, but the one from the 1970s where gene wilder is giving off heavy ‘fuck them kids’ energy and the lighting makes it look like the Great Depression

TIL that Billy Crystal’s character, Miracle Max, in the Princess Bride was so funny that it nearly stopped the production of the movie. One actor bruised a rib from clenching to try not to laugh.

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