Hugh Grant's transformation into an Oompa Loompa has fans excited as the first trailer drops.

The first trailer and images from Wonka, the musical prequel to 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, starring Timothée Chalamet, have dropped and fans are already captivated. Promising lavish production numbers, bright colours, a slightly eccentric leading man and - of course - plenty of confectionary, the trailer gives a first glimpse into the storyline of Chalamet's foray into the iconic character.

The movie follows Wonka's fight to open up a chocolate shop, while a cartel of chocolatiers attempt to shut him down. Filled with dance numbers and zany one-liners from Chalamet, Wonka looks like an absolute blast, with the chocolatier sending people flying into the air - literally - with one of his magical hover-chocolates.

However, what has most captured fans' attention, and their imagination, is the first glimpse at Hugh Grant as a 20-inch tall Oompa Loompa. In keeping with the first film’s design, Grant’s character is orange-skinned with coiffured green hair and white eyebrows. Dressed in a purple tweed suit with bloomers and matching pointy-toed pom-pom adorned shoes, the Bafta-winning actor looks equal parts really quite cute and also slightly scary.

But this slight scariness quickly disappears as he pompously announces he is the perfect height for an Oompa Loompa, and then whips out a tiny flute and begins to dance. People were living for seeing Grant in another comedic, irreverent film, following his triumphant turn as villain Phoenix Buchanan in Paddington 2, also written by Wonka director and scribe Paul King.

The reactions to Grant's Oompa Loompa are overwhelmingly positive, with fans raving about being sold on the movie from the moment they saw him.
"You had me at HUGH GRANT AS AN OOMPA LOOMPA," raved one fan, while another admitted: "I'm sorry but I'm probably gonna watch that Wonka movie only because Hugh Grant is credited as an Oompa Loompa and I need to see that."

Chalamet and Grant star alongside Olivia Colman, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson and Keegan-Michael Key, and the movie is set for release in UK cinemas on December 15, 2023.

So get ready to be taken on an entertaining journey with Timothée Chalamet’s Wonka and Hugh Grant’s Oompa Loompa - we can't wait to see what they have in store for us!

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