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Was Willy Wonka real? As in, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory...
This may sound really stupid, but is or was Willy Wonka a real person?
I know some candy (like Nerds, the Wonka Bar, Bottlecaps, Laffy Taffy, Runts, Pixie Sticks, Gobstoppers) have the words Willy Wonka on the packaging. I thought maybe it was a cute company name but since there has been two movies (one in 1971 that starred Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum and one in 2005 that starred Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly) about Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory I started to think maybe Willy Wonka was a real person. I mean, there COULD be someone actually named Willy Wonka who is alive today for all I know.
I know it all could be a made up story but I am seriously asking if the man is real (and, if real, if he really makes candy). I'm sure there isn't a chocolate factory like there was in the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, but I DO know that candy factories exist and could very well be owned by a man named Willy Wonka.
So, in short, is or was Willy Wonka a real person or just a fictional character for a movie or book? If Willy Wonka is real, is there any truth to the 1971 or 2005 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movies?
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This is actually a pretty good question.
Willy Wonka is just a fictional character. Roald Dahl (an amazing author if you get the chance to reah his material) wrote the book _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_ which is what the movies are based off of.
The reason you see Willy Wonka candy is because he has become the mascot for Nestle.
I found that on Wikipedia (not the most reliable of sources, but it works for this).
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