15 Behind the Scenes Facts You Didn't Know about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

You're about to discover 15 behind the scenes facts you didn't know about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory such as: how Veruca Salt's name means she's a wart and an ulcer, how they made a real chocolate river for the movie, the 40 trained squirrels they used to create the nut sorting room in Wonka's factory, and MANY more! Enjoy!
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[@ASHASMRR]

So you’re telling me they had the poor Oompa Loompa repeat every step for every dance a million times to duplicate the other Oompa Loompas? Poor him

[@prkel24]

I thought they edited him into like a million guys. I feel bad

[@verostation]

he spent months training for every aspect of this character (learning instruments, dancing, etc) but he said if he had the chance he’d do it all over again!

[@soramembrino82]

I feel bad for him, but luckily they added some robots to make his job less stressful back then.

[@autiep7427]

Its editing :)

[@tatitoxx8955]

At least they payed him well lol

[@Theanakkcfjjkd48]

Can we just give this movie a clap on how hard this was to film

[@atomichares]

*clapping* *stops clapping* *_clapping ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_*

[@lanette5086]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Jassieeslayth36]

@@lanette5086 rudfud

[@JosiahFickinger]

Better than original by far!

[@JosiahFickinger]

@@atomichares How did you type that face? √∆$/@π is my name

[@cerysevans8726]

That one man playing all the oompaloomas deserves an Oscar

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

Deep Roy had to learn so many different disciplines to pull off the musical numbers - singing/miming, dancing and playing about a bajillion different instruments

[@marq7486]

It’s only one but yeah I agree

[@mimidurr66]

This man deserves an Oscar for every individual oompa loompa

[@丂爪乇卄工刀ム尺卂刀]

Hmh

[@Sophie-zk4hr]

That last fact was really interesting to me. They all were. I didn't realize how little I knew about this movie.

[@6ix115]

Sophie 00pooo

[@valentinepava1535]

❤😊😊😊😊😊😀😁😀😁😃😃😄😄😄🤩🤩🤩🤗🤗🤗😙😙

[@JosiahFickinger]

Well, half the facts were mentioned in the behind the scenes clips.

[@astrida111]

Well all of this was stolen from the original Willy Wonka channel

[@JosiahFickinger]

@@astrida111 But all the Willy Wonka Channel is I feel, just an anonymous Person with the Pen name Willy Wonka who just uploaded all clips associated with the movie.

[@jonathansmith8672]

The animatronic marionettes in the welcome play scene were actually really creepy, especially when they started to burn and melt.

[@JosiahFickinger]

In in the soundtrack the end of the song labeled The Golden ticket/ Factory you can tell it leads into the Wonka welcome song.

[@JosiahFickinger]

@@violeta9199 Well you better get to it because it is over 15 years old!

[@JosiahFickinger]

@@violeta9199 It is amazing!!!

[@JosiahFickinger]

@cindy liu That's kind of funny!

[@JadeMc275]

The weird thing I loved it how they burned

[@leepadua8987]

This movie was not a remake, it was a re-imagining and this one is so much better!!

[@farranasution4068]

So another adaptation of the book, you mean?

[@JosiahFickinger]

Very underrated comment.

[@ma.catherinavillanueva3354]

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[@RobertK1993]

Yes indeed story more accurate

[@elainejones9299]

Yep, you are so right!

[@littlelinkg4514]

Am I the only one that preferred this instead of the original because it followed the book more then the original (and it shows willy wonkas back story which I've always wanted to know what his backstory was like

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

As the narrator says in this video, Willy Wonka's back story was not a part of the book that the film was based on. It was, in fact, inspired by Johnny Depp's childhood.

[@littlelinkg4514]

@@michaelpalmieri7335 yeah I watch the whole video to

[@ethancoolbro18gamer86]

No

[@littlelinkg4514]

@@ethancoolbro18gamer86 😥

[@ethancoolbro18gamer86]

@@littlelinkg4514the 2005 version is my favorite movie of all time

[@rogerjohnson7888]

It's interesting there was no mention of cannibalism. Or the mention of each time a child went missing the next means of transportation had one less seat....................................

[@amelanieschowrt2230]

2 actually because their parents go with them

[@hanaeve__]

He planned for the children to go missing as they went along imo

[@Pixy_Style]

Blueberry Gamer wait what pls explain this movie

[@jacie7646]

Pixy._. Style he actually wanted to choose someone to take over his factory and so he eliminated those he deemed not suitable for inheriting his factory

[@kawaiifrost6598]

I love Tim Burton of how he made very dark and surreal movie. He made a combination for children and also adults like Coraline.

[@mehimtired1013]

This movie is one of the best because it includes fun scenes but dark ones and also it brings a lesson to not only children but to the adults as well😊💛

[@Dommbuscus]

Well, Tim Burton wasn't involved with Coraline, but I get what you mean

[@jonathansmith8672]

All of the songs that the Oompa loompas sing at the end of each kid's demise is, instead of all being the same rhythm like in the 1971 version, are in different musical styles: Augustus Gloop - Cuban mambo Violet Beauregarde - 70s Soul funk Veruca Salt - 60s Psychedelic Mike Teavee - 80s Punk rock

[@shelleyboulton7849]

My favorite was either for Veruca or Mike

[@leebicker5051]

@@shelleyboulton7849 mine was violet

[@slayateturn]

no wonder violet and mike had the best songs

[@myrachannel2962]

My favourite was Mike

[@jonathansmith8672]

@Elizabeth Stamper Exactly! And that's what makes that song more the cutest! 🤗🤗🤗💗💗💗💗

[@नमस्तेनमस्कार]

Unpopular opinion but I actually prefer the remake of Willy Wonka. Edit: Maybe not so unpopular after all. Thanks for all the likes, much appreciated.

[@FunFactFilms]

Thanks for sharing. I think I’d rather watch the remake too.

[@LeaveTheMark_YT]

It's not a remake if it's another adaptation of the book. Otherwise, a lot more elements from the 1971 film would be included.

[@rainyrei707]

Same

[@नमस्तेनमस्कार]

Fun Fact Films Yeah, I like both versions, but I like the remake better because it’s much closer to the book and Charlie’s dad is in it. Also, at the end, they show the kids leaving the factory with their parents.

[@ThatBish380]

Same

[@cecilialendeche8874]

BEST MOVIE EVERRR I COULD WATCH THIS MOVIE ALL DAY.

[@nathancruz9172]

Cecilia Lendeche me too.

[@jacquelineherrera4709]

Same :P

[@duck1470]

Same.

[@jacquelineherrera4709]

@Michael Myers i said it first though

[@elainejones9299]

Micheal Audrey Myers Wow, I’m sure you’re a pleasure to be around. 🙄

[@annasherosky]

My favorite part was the room with the trained squirrels they were pretty adorable even I wanted one

[@FunFactFilms]

I agree! That’s one of my favorite parts.

[@sakura9306]

Fun Fact Films I actually wanted a squirrel but I’m getting a bird

[@misojimo2154]

careful, if you want one you might end up in the incinerator

[@knuckt.k.9456]

Veruca Salt, is this you?

[@annasherosky]

@@knuckt.k.9456 you mean me nope lol I just think there adorable I understand I'm not always going to get my way just thought adorable

[@LittleBucketBoy]

I remember learning a few of these from the Willy Wonka channel. Can’t hurt to learn more though.

[@sakura9306]

Charlie Bucket or there second disc ➰w➰

[@sakura9306]

Sergeant Healy did you mean your a faker?

[@sakura9306]

Sergeant Healy I bet you did :>

[@stupidd8408]

R/woooooosh

[@LittleBucketBoy]

@Onalee Smith Are you talking about Peter Ostrum or Freddie Highmore?

[@meadowqwq]

Ronald Dahl’s wife worked on this movie, she even said he would of loved this movie. Apparently she worked on it so it would stay more true to the book.

[@wolfgangmitchell9213]

Actually, his son Billy Burton also made a cameo appearance in Sweeney Todd, Alice in Wonderland, Dark Shadows, Big Eyes, and Dumbo.

[@belinda68]

Ayeee my name is Todd

[@mehimtired1013]

I love Dark Shadows...it's an amazing movie. Basically every movie that has Tim Burton and Johnny Depp in, I'll watch😂💛

[@beautifulnatasha]

Fun fact Johnny Depp is *THE* mad hatter

[@ruelespanol6577]

Which part in Alice in Wonderland?

[@wolfgangmitchell9213]

@@ruelespanol6577 When Alice climbs aboard on her expedition to China, Billy and Nell appear as a young Victorian boy and baby in a stroller.

[@CCABPSacsach]

If the chocolate factory is real: YAYAYAYAY If you go to the preset: I don’t smell candy… I smell something odd

[@jonathansmith8672]

Probably my FAVORITE Willy Wonka movie!!! Because it's more similar to the book than the original 1971 version!

[@FunFactFilms]

Makes me curious to read the book

[@jonathansmith8672]

@@FunFactFilms I've actually read the book, so I know the similarities. Like the songs that the Oompa Loompas sing at the end of each kid's demise, the lyrics are ALOT the same as the lyrics in the book. And the pink boat that they sail down the river, is EXACTLY how it is described in the book.

[@FunFactFilms]

Cool!

[@brandoncolis3841]

​​​@@jonathansmith8672except the poem he reminisces in the 1971 film (that is from the book), and the Violet Beauregarde scene from the earlier film is closer to the book had it not been for the belt, her song and Mike feeling her stomach, but those things make the scene more intriguing. Gives her scene more realism how the humiliation, the vulnerability might actually play out like.

[@ethancoolbro18gamer86]

My FAVORITE movie EVER.

[@nathancruz9172]

EthanCoolBro18 Gamer me too.

[@colephillips9866]

EthanCoolBro18 Gamer same. I've been watching this movie constantly since I was 3 or 4.

[@ethancoolbro18gamer86]

@@colephillips9866 bro me too

[@Moonlight-kt3lw]

I liked this one better then the other film

[@MjB12345]

The verruca note is kind of funny. He deserves an Oscar and good pay

[@tiffanythecat6176]

When you know like half of the facts because you’re obsessed with this movie.

[@imsocringeandidocringestuf7301]

I watched this movie before And the camera quality was so good

[@margogoralski6294]

Exactly my case.

[@imindi6324]

Deep Roy is so underrated

[@Monkiegood]

1:24 is it OK that I keep laughing every time Augustus Gloop falls in?

[@ihearttwice2462]

no i literally keep laughing too 🤣

[@mandis7724]

there’s a fun fact about veruca salt the actor that she played is half British and half Swedish so she did the voice over or what to call in the Swedish movie. sorry for the English I’m very bad at it

[@FunFactFilms]

That’s cool!

[@kravenmaurhedd4264]

your English is great don't worry! I actually did not know that fact so thank you very much for sharing :)

[@AWlpsSHOW36]

Really? Wow! Didn't know that! She has such a British accent it's hard to tell!

[@julkasteven8198]

I guess you wanted to say that Veruca's actor dubbed her in Swedish too.

[@peri12345a]

Love the video. You should do more Tim Burton films.

[@laflaca6666]

That was my favorite movie and still be. The doll scene didn't scared me as a kid, I like it.

[@nathancruz9172]

Night Grace Moon me too.

[@jacquelineherrera4709]

Haha same

[@thefakeoneme7685]

Same

[@JosiahFickinger]

The melting puppets were like a WHAT THE... Moment.

[@soramembrino82]

The puppet melting was pretty creepy but I got used to it.

[@kate-sc9pu]

johnny depp is a literally shapeshifter when it comes to acting

[@forrestdupre9916]

Charlie is "THE GOOD DOCTOR."

[@cadefilms4072]

Forrest Dupre

[@cadefilms4072]

Le Gorrila

[@denisford4303]

And Norman Bates in the TV show

[@TheQueenofFandoms._.8290]

I AM A SERGEANT

[@tylerwheeler8595]

Here's another fact: Johnny Depp was never the original choice to play Willy Wonka. Many actors and comedians were all briefly considered for the role such as Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Nick Cage, Jim Carrey, Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Mike Myers, Ben Stiller, Leslie Nielsen, three members of Monty Python (John Cleese, Eric Idle, and Michael Palin), as well as Patrick Stewart, and Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman and Marilyn Manson

[@andreapatane4204]

This is very interesting even though Johnny Depp wasn’t a perfect fit for Willy Wonka at all. Please keep these videos coming. 👏🏼

[@cheeseballthegreat179]

Also the songs from the Tim burton Charlie and the chocolate factory were the same songs from the book

[@JosiahFickinger]

And it was even lesser than was actually written in the books the lyrics in the songs in the movie is only like 2/3 amount in the book.

[@Sarfnic]

Tim Burton got personal with this one, and it's great.

[@b_ramking]

Oompa-Loompas's work is always the hardest

[@kaydnwh1te479]

Better than watch mojo

[@FunFactFilms]

Thanks! What’s better about my work than Mojo?

[@theofficialVEVOformu]

Fun Fact Films you give emotion in to it and you go more in to it

[@cadefilms4072]

Fun Fact Films COOL FACTS

[@margogoralski6294]

@@FunFactFilms You do better research and give emotion. Plus, you don't just make videos ONLY on the 1971 version, and call the 2005 version a "pointless remake."

[@altheagranger4060]

Before I watched this do you know what the ad was? Chocolate 😂

[@imahotmess872]

Another fact: the boy who played Charlie is the same boy for Jarred and Simon (the twins) in The Spiderwick Chronicles

[@julkasteven8198]

Freddie Highmore

[@jeffreyelya9996]

Now, had they had done Violet's blueberry inflation, on a set or stage, they should've totally filled the blueberry suit with real blueberry juice.

[@micayladewilde4193]

I feel like I should be ashamed that I know all of these, but I feel none.

[@HarryYT22]

0:31 never knew they actually used real animatronics in that scene! Funny how the song annoyed the people making the scene! I used to be so terrified of that scene! Used to hide every time I came into that scene! But now I just love how dark and creepy it is! Most of the dolls do look quite cute and friendly lol

[@urdumbmo8244]

Me:"watching this" My head:✨i see you winding and grinding up on the pole✨

[@Slytherin_101]

YES! I just realized! Of course! Tim Burton used the Wizard Of Oz color trick! At the beginning you only see bleak colors, the only thing you get is the red trucks sent out by Willy Wonka at the first minutes of the movie! Then as soon as Charlie walks into “Oz” essentially, the color floods in! I love it! Dorothy: Oh I don’t think we are in Kansas anymore…

[@MjB12345]

Love the last fact the most.

[@17moonbeams]

Wow! That's amazing! Thank you so much sir! You are both intelligent and wonderful. ❤ Virginia

[@FunFactFilms]

Thanks and welcome!

[@JosiahFickinger]

Wonka's backstory does sort of have an eerie Dahl vibe

[@koolaiddudeawesome9850]

Imma be honest I like this version better

[@elainejones9299]

Me too, yo también!

[@snehaverma6439]

I really liked the remake. Yes, it was creepy but it was still entertaining

[@knuckt.k.9456]

It's not a remake, actually. Tim Burton never saw the 1971 version while making his adaptation of Dahl's book.

[@artistanthony1007]

Personally the original is creepier.

[@Ashden_Lynnwood]

@@artistanthony1007 especially with the 1971 boat scene that had some weirdcore to it but I like weirdcore so it wasn't as scary to me but yeh that scene could mess a kid up

[@margogoralski6294]

@@knuckt.k.9456 Yep.

[@birdyad9688]

1:59 mad squats lollll

[@ExpressionWithKenya]

Loved this video💜

[@FunFactFilms]

Thank you Kenya👍

[@ExpressionWithKenya]

@@FunFactFilms not a problem at all. Do you mind checking out my channel & subscribing? 😁

[@nightmarecake4265]

~Now this is the original, Gene Wylder had the remake. Well done Tim Burton, keep making us proud!~

[@sethjansson5652]

The only thing accurate to the novel that the 70s version had was Willy Wonka. Other than that, it was bastardized and gave no justice to the book unlike the Tim Burton version.

[@kkimjjieunie]

yea ronold dahl hated the 70s version. also all the actors had to get medical treatments after basically every scene

[@noalavigne]

@@kkimjjieunie medical treatments? for what??

[@cathydavis9259]

I loved them both for different reasons. Willy Wonka came out when I was 8 years old. Seeing all the chocolate and candy made me wish I could be there with them. On the other hand Johnny Depp’s version was so funny. My daughter and I laughed so hard throughout the whole movie we could hardly breathe. The majority of the audience didn’t understand our laughing and would turn around looking at us. They only laughed at the simple things like walking into a glass door etc. Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp were both great.

[@elainejones9299]

So you were born in 1997?

[@arissimion67]

O yes thank you thank you! 😁👍😱😀 And the video is amazing. 😀

[@arissimion67]

But i love the original one. Remake was creepy. 👻👻👻👻

[@JesseHOH]

@@arissimion67The books creepy as well, this one’s way more accurate to the source material.

[@doodleoffice221]

Last fact was heartwarming

[@samanthatorres6749]

I didn't know the last one. Nice job. I'd like to see one about the Wizard Of Oz.

[@FunFactFilms]

Thanks for the suggestion Samantha👍

[@DanairisParker]

Fun fact: Johnny Depp was so impressed with Freddie Highmore’s performance in Finding Neverland and he convinced Tim Burton to cast Freddie as Charlie Bucket

[@BeRich101]

Favorite parts 1:41 2:33

[@Slytherin_101]

Johnny Depp is a great actor. Not a great guy in real life hate to say, however the movies he makes, Pirates of the Caribbean, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and more. He totally was the perfect guy for that movie. He slayed!

[@Slytherin_101]

Let’s be clear as well, Tim Burton is a masterpiece of a human as well.

[@julkasteven8198]

I can't agree with both comments MORE.

[@Slytherin_101]

@@julkasteven8198 Lol thanks

[@gvantsasakaruli9900]

Always loved Johnny, Timmy and Helena, and miss that trio, why didn't you mention hellie tho?

[@zacharylee1995]

This video is telling The Truth, I actually had No idea that about these behind The scenes until Now honestly 😱, This is Why this movie is really really Great and I think these Filmmakers did a Great Job

[@Alex.4aem]

This movie is so much better than the original.....can we just pretend the original never happened?

[@elainejones9299]

Totally understandable! Much closer to the book, Charlie’s dad is in it, and at the end, they show the kids leaving the factory with their parents. I also love how the chocolate river looks like actual chocolate. And that’s just to name a few reasons why this version is mucho better than the original.

[@clairetimmons5857]

Hi have a great day 🌈🍓

[@4REEx]

Bro this is way better I actually don’t want the original version (Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory)!

[@elainejones9299]

👍🙌

[@Mattwolf92]

Willy Wonka‘s father Wilbur Wonka was played by Christopher Lee who was Count Dooku in the Star Wars movies.

[@Mycreative_corner]

I thought the chocolate river was fake 😂😂😂 😂

[@readysetgo7623]

I thoguht everything was fake lol (except the humans

[@kathrynnpetersen8876]

The actor that plays Augustus gloop was wearing a fat suit I knew it!

[@teiganlouise1173]

this was uploaded on my birthday lol

[@reid9599]

This is great

[@anniemal8030]

One thing I always thought was odd that in Dutch Veruca’s last name is peper (pepper)

[@fatima_9021]

There were actual squirrels and they trained them to put the nut in the bowl that’s so cute stobbb🥺😭

[@joshbenson2783]

Wow!

[@codysmemevault5615]

Something he left out the dentist that was Willie's dad was actaully the guy who played count dooku from star wars

[@avakingirltt8950]

Roald Dahl is such a talented man

[@twotongue]

Hey, great video! Just a quick question. How were you able to find information about the making of the marionette machine carousel (number 3) if there is no footage or information online about the behind the scenes of it? Well, at least I never found.

[@FunFactFilms]

The audio commentary on the movie disc

[@twotongue]

Fun Fact Films Thank you.

[@cadefilms4072]

I’m CadeFilms

[@cadefilms4072]

ToddlerTab .

[@violetbeauregarde9338]

2:22 Who ever that is that is not me.

[@spinella97]

I love the 2005 movie

[@heejuahn627]

This is so cool

[@gillianosullivanpersonaltr4243]

I was surprised about the bit that said the city was a model

[@Sprite_real]

Never really thought about this

[@Bacon_4737]

That's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

[@joselynnbarrera8283]

I see u winning and grinding

[@laraal-obaidi1914]

HAHAHA

[@caesarlyric7592]

OMG the squirrel are so cute

[@tania-ei6vr]

I see you winding and grinding 🎶🎩🍫

[@rahroy4712]

Even if you don’t like this movie you have to respect the process, which is phenomenal

[@angelsvlogsnstuff9985]

Fun fact: Michael Jackson was gonna be Willy wonka aka charlie, but sadly ppl DIDNT want him as Charlie

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Deep Roy was awesome as the Oompa-Loompas but replace him with Wee-Man from Jackass and it wouldn’t make a difference

[@matsuboi9517]

Fun Fact. Michael Jackson Was Soposed To Act Willy Wonka

[@Dellicix]

“Good morning star shine, the earth said hello”

[@sagekiano58]

I knew this version was Darker than the other one!!

[@elicarley1031]

I have a joke about someone teasing Veruca's name. Someone would step on her and say "I have a Veruca"

[@Girard1020]

2:22 I would have liked to see makeup and an Inflatable suit used for Violets Transformation.

[@bettercall_Jack]

SUPER COOL MAKE MORE vids

[@jaydencruz50]

Johny depp is a good actor

[@nema1277]

1:59 AGGRESSIVE SPEED FARDING

[@tnia.9823]

I see you winding, and grinding, up on the floor- -Willy wonky tiktok 2020

[@mysryuza]

No one gonna mention how Michael Jackson-y Wonka's backstory, his appearance and voice are, despite denials Depp and Burton made? Ok.

[@connieex_15]

This movie: *gets inspired* Fun Fact Films: *sorry imma have to end your career*

[@jjayhust11]

The part at 2:25 scared me

[@matthewsoares9880]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) and Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009) are movies that were based on books and these two movies are more connected to the book.

[@simbameanslion4346]

I'm eating chocolate while watching this.