Hugh Grant has made his feelings about playing an Oompa-Loompa in Wonka clear, saying he "hated" playing the creatures in the film.
Speaking at a press conference for the movie, the Bridget Jones's Diary actor looked back on his performance in the film starring Timothée Chalamet as a younger version of the eccentric chocolatier.
"It was like a crown of thorns, very uncomfortable," Grant said about having multiple cameras on his face to capture his facial expression to help animators.
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"I made a big fuss about it," the star continued, before saying playfully: "I couldn't have hated the whole thing more."
Grant also revealed he didn't receive "a satisfactory answer" as to whether whether he was supposed to "act with my body or not", but it seems it all worked out in the end as the body acting was done by an animator.
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"And frankly, what I did with my body was terrible," Grant continued, "and it's all been replaced with an animator."
Asked if he thought it was all worth it when he saw the final product, he shrugged "not really" as his co-stars laughed.
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It seems that Grant isn't the only one who isn't exactly fond of having him in the role of Wonka's aides.
Willow star George Coppen previously spoke out against the decision to have Grant play the green-haired character as opposed to casting someone with dwarfism.
"A lot of actors [with dwarfism] feel like we are being pushed out of the industry we love," he told the BBC in July. "A lot of people, myself included, argue that dwarfs should be offered everyday roles in dramas and soaps, but we aren't getting offered those roles."
Wonka is released in UK cinemas on December 8 and in US cinemas on December 15.
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