Fifty years on, cast say ‘Willy Wonka’ was their golden ticket

The film celebrates its half century next week and the stars, children when it was made, are still sweet

24 June 2021 - 20:37 By Sarah Mills

They were children when they made it. Now, 50 years later, the stars of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory say they’ve stayed in touch and the movie is still positively impacting their lives...

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