Tag: Roald Dahl

The Real (and Complicated) Story Behind Roald Dahl’s ‘Black Charlie’

Read it at The New York Times.

Roald Dahl’s Widow Says Charlie, the Boy Hero of ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ Was Supposed to be Black

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Below: The young Peter Ostrum as Charlie Bucket in 1971’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.