'Willy Wonka' Cast Celebrates Film's 50th Anniversary and Shares Behind-the-Scenes Secrets (Exclusive)
Gene Wilder as the enigmatic titular chocolatier, and a cast of child actors as the lucky recipients of the golden tickets, who were granted a tour of Wonka's top-secret factory and all the sweets they could eat — though, as any fan knows, the candy-colored dream isn't all that it seems.To celebrate the film's fittingly golden anniversary, ET's Lauren Zima spoke with four of the main cast members — Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie Bucket; Julie Dawn Cole, who played Veruca Salt; Michael Bollner, who played Augustus Gloop; and Paris Themmen, who played Mike Teavee — to share their memories from the set of the iconic film.«All of it was pretty much the way you would expect that it was, especially the chocolate room,» Themmen recalled of