When it was announced that Tim Burton and Johnny Depp were remaking the family classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, most people immediately wondered how the actor would stand apart from Gene Wilder’s perfect take on the eccentric candy factory impresario. And then audiences watched Depp reveal himself as Wonka wearing oversized veneers, pasty skin, and a page boy haircut and suddenly there was no question that his Wonka was a very, very different take.
