00:00For an Oompa Loompa.
00:01An Oompa what now?
00:02Allow me to refresh your memory.
00:04Oh, I don't think I want to hear that.
00:06Too late.
00:07Hugh Grant's casting as an Oompa Loompa in Warner Brothers' upcoming Wonka film is getting some backlash.
00:13During an interview with the BBC that published Wednesday, actor George Coppin, who has dwarfism,
00:18said that many similar actors feel like we are being pushed out of the industry we love.
00:22A lot of people, myself included, argue that dwarves should be offered everyday roles in dramas and soaps,
00:28but we aren't getting offered those roles.
00:30One door is being closed, but they have forgotten to open the next one.
00:33Paul King's film is a prequel to the 1971 feature Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,
00:39adapted from Roald Dahl's 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
00:43During a previous interview with the Hollywood Reporter,
00:46King explained why he thought Grant was the best fit for the Oompa Loompa.
00:50I was really just thinking about that character, somebody who could be a real s**t.
00:53And then, ah, Hugh, because he's the funniest, most sarcastic s**t I've ever met.
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