Willy Wonka

[Blonde]

Posted: 5/26/04 at 6:28pm

Realize this is random...but does anybody know what ever happened to Julie Dawn Cole, who played Veruca Salt? I was watching it a bit yesterday and jut wondered. You never know what happens to kids in movies

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/26/04 at 6:58pm

she has a profile on IMDB... it says of all the children shes the only one still acting.

[Jon]

Posted: 5/26/04 at 10:26pm

Saturday Night Live did a very funny sketch a couple of years ago, supposedly promoting the DVD release of Willie Wonka. They said the DVD extras included a "Where are they now?" feature, and that the girl who played Veruca was now a high- priced call girl, and men paid her lots of money to say "I want it now, daddy!"

By the way, there is also a punk rock grouip called Veruca Salt.

[on1ystarinthesky]

Posted: 5/26/04 at 10:47pm

I LOVE VERUCA SALT!! (the band)

I'm so ticked that Nina Gordon left...now they suck. But they're early stuff with Nina is awesome.

I didn't know anyone else knew of them. Way to go, Jon.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/26/04 at 11:14pm

even i've heard of the band.

[ckeaton]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 9:45am

Did I read somewhere the Johnny Deep is signed for the remake?

[alterego]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 10:01am

She recently (April) appeared as part of a double act built around her character, at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 10:43am

If they MUST make a remake of Wonka - I think Johnny Depp is great choice - I only hope they keep the song in (Pure Imagination) its my favorite part of the film...can Johnny sing?

[shira467]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 5:47pm

I think it will be a very interesting remake - definitely more twisted and darker than the first. But no matter what Johnny does, Gene Wilder and the Everlasting gobstoppers will always hold a place in my heart! I love that movie.

[shermanslave]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 6:20pm

I personally wanted Alan Cumming to get the part. But how about Amy Sedaris or Jackie Hoffman for Mrs. Teevee?

[Jon]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 6:30pm

The remake is NOT a musical.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 9:37am

Neither is the original, really. It only has two songs in it. I think they should be included in the remake. And if it is Alan Cummings, I won't waste my money - Johnny Depp is a much better choice for the role -= Alan is just tooooo creepy.

[mominator]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 9:47am

Will Gene Wilder be taking over the role his father played? He'd make a great Grandpa Joe!
B

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 10:12am

mom - thats not a bad idea!

[junglered]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 11:34am

"Pure Imagination" is a fantastic song, and on its way to "standard" status. Harry Connick, Jr. covered it on a recent CD and has played it in concert for the past couple of years. Last summer, veteran crooner Johnny Mathis opened his concert with his version of "Pure Imagination", also.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 12:52pm

Tim Burton has said those songs will not be included in his version.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 12:53pm

What a shame - it would only enhance the value of the film - but with Burton at the helm, it is still sure to be a wonderful piece of film-making.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 12:55pm

I'm almost positive that Danny Elfman will be doing the score for the film, which I'm sure will more than make up for those songs being absent.

[nyctopone]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 12:59pm

If I remember right, Tim Burton is doing his version of the book, not the movie musical, which was pretty lame in my opinion. I don't remember the book that much, but I think its a lot darker, and Tim Burton would be the perfect director for it. He creates great worlds for his characters to inhabit.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 3:05pm

nyctopone - I agree wholeheartedly!

[joeyjoe]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 3:37pm

redhot, did you say the original only had 2 songs??? "The Candy Man", "Cheer Up, Charlie", "I've Got A Golden Ticket!", "Pure Imagination", the Greek Chorus of the Oompa Loompa songs, "I Want It Now" ...

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 3:39pm

oh Gosh - joey you're right - I can never remember anything other than the two major ones - Candy Man and Pure Imagination - I must be getting senile...

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 3:40pm

...and for some reason I still don't think of it as a musical.

[joeyjoe]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 3:40pm

i occasionally sing "I've got a golden ticket" when something good happens... like when i met you!

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 4:09pm

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW....you are the sweetest man in the world - now we have to stop this before we get accused of using this space for our love-fests...LOL...