Hugh Grant Will Play An Oompa Loompa Alongside Timothee Chalamet’s Willy Wonka And Everyone Is Rightfully On Board With This

Here’s the thing about Hugh Grant: he has never not given it his all. Movie musicals starring the cutest bear of all time He’s in it. Red carpet interviews he doesn’t want to partake in He isn’t shy about letting everyone know. Playing Daniel Craig’s lover Of course he does! So today when it was announced that Grant would be starring in the upcoming Willy Wonka movie, it wasn’t too surprising. He’s British, after all. But not only is the man starring in the Wonka origin story, but he is playing an Oompa Loompa. This is history in the making. We are about to witness something incredible.

The casting was revealed at CinemaCon, where a short clip of Timothee Chalamet as Wonka was shown, but everyone is talking too much about Chalamet and not enough about Grant as the Oompa. We get it, Timmy, you’re in every other movie this year. Give the others time to shine. Mostly just Grant, who is described as “joyous and fun.” As if any other words could ever be used to describe him.

Wonks meets Grant’s Oompa who allegedly dances around a glass cage of some sort. There were no more details provided, other than Chalamet calling Grant‘s portrayal “a trip,” but that’s really all the people needed to know that this movie has been severely underestimated.

— shri (@shriiiitt) April 25, 2023

Hugh Grant is Oompa loompa https://t.co/YHByVT7sb6 pic.twitter.com/r14SH7rAf2

— Isaac (@GalaxyPeaBrain) April 25, 2023

Big missed opportunity to not call him “Hughmpa Loompa” https://t.co/wl9FbMWrc4

— kate bush's husband (blue checkmark) (@airbagged) April 25, 2023

imagine telling someone in 2003 that in 2023 hugh grant will play an oompa loompa https://t.co/F0ef4TyZCH

— adri (@pizzadrienne) April 25, 2023

HUGH GRANT UMPA LUMPA pic.twitter.com/qpNSU0GK8X https://t.co/ooaxI0zQI9