While many people have been delighted to see Hugh Grant make his debut appearance as an Oompa Loompa in the first full trailer for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory prequel Wonka, not everyone is happy with the actor “taking away” the role of actors with dwarfism. Willow and Artemis Fowl star George Coppen, who has dwarfism himself, criticised the decision to cast Grant in the role of the movie’s small character.
Speaking in an interview with BBC News, Coppen rallied against the use of someone who does not have dwarfism taking away the job of someone who does though the use of special effects. He said:
"A lot of actors [with dwarfism] feel like we are being pushed out of the industry we love. A lot of people, myself included, argue that dwarfs should be offered everyday roles in dramas and soaps, but we aren’t getting offered those roles. One...
Speaking in an interview with BBC News, Coppen rallied against the use of someone who does not have dwarfism taking away the job of someone who does though the use of special effects. He said:
"A lot of actors [with dwarfism] feel like we are being pushed out of the industry we love. A lot of people, myself included, argue that dwarfs should be offered everyday roles in dramas and soaps, but we aren’t getting offered those roles. One...
- 7/27/2023
- by Anthony Lund
- MovieWeb
George Coppen, an actor with dwarfism, called out Wonka for casting a non-dwarf as the Oompa-Loompas.
Per the BBC, Coppen singled out Hugh Grant's casting as Willy Wonka's employees as a step back for people with dwarfism. "A lot of actors [with dwarfism] feel like we are being pushed out of the industry we love," he said. "A lot of people, myself included, argue that dwarfs should be offered everyday roles in dramas and soaps, but we aren't getting offered those roles. One door is being closed but they have forgotten to open the next one." Coppen also noted that previous adaptations of Roald Dahl's story cast actors with dwarfism for Oompa-Loompas with Deep Roy playing the role in Tim Burton's 2005 movie and George Claydon, Malcolm Dixon, Rusty Goffe, Ismed Hassan, Noman McGlen, Angelo Muscat, Pepe Poupee, Marcus Powell and Albert Wilkinson featuring in 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
Per the BBC, Coppen singled out Hugh Grant's casting as Willy Wonka's employees as a step back for people with dwarfism. "A lot of actors [with dwarfism] feel like we are being pushed out of the industry we love," he said. "A lot of people, myself included, argue that dwarfs should be offered everyday roles in dramas and soaps, but we aren't getting offered those roles. One door is being closed but they have forgotten to open the next one." Coppen also noted that previous adaptations of Roald Dahl's story cast actors with dwarfism for Oompa-Loompas with Deep Roy playing the role in Tim Burton's 2005 movie and George Claydon, Malcolm Dixon, Rusty Goffe, Ismed Hassan, Noman McGlen, Angelo Muscat, Pepe Poupee, Marcus Powell and Albert Wilkinson featuring in 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
- 7/27/2023
- by Brad Lang
- CBR
Stars: Primrose Bigwood, Elliot Cable, Sonera Angel, Tony Fadil, Earl Ling, Jon-Paul Gates, Kit Pascoe, Rad Brown, Willie Coppen, Jimmy ‘The Bee’ Bennett, Can Somer | Written and Directed by Steven M. Smith
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