That’s what Wonka director Paul King and his Paddington 2 writing partner Simon Farnaby want, too: to conjure the magic of Dahl’s children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and ...

In 2011, Cole published her memoir, "I Want It Now! A Memoir of Life on the Set of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." After 2013, she became a psychotherapist at a cancer center.

In 1971, when Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory debuted, it cost a lot less to produce a movie. According to Film Site , $5 million was the average budget, with a movie ticket costing only $1.65.