{"id":239307,"date":"2024-03-01T09:59:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T08:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tapasmagazine.es\/el-elenco-del-caso-willy-wonka-habla-de-lo-que-ocurrio-entre-bastidores\/"},"modified":"2024-03-01T10:03:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T09:03:52","slug":"cast-willy-wonka-case-talks-about-what-went-behind-the-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tapasmagazine.es\/en\/cast-willy-wonka-case-talks-about-what-went-behind-the-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"The cast of the ‘Willy Wonka’ case talks about what went on behind the scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The ‘Willy’s Chocolate Experience<\/strong>‘ event, the ‘immersive’ experience inspired by Wonka’s eccentricities, which invited visitors to immerse themselves in a ‘chocolate fantasy like never before’, would end up becoming a real-life nightmare. One that would traumatize children and open one of the biggest internet viral cases so far this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their web ad, backed with artificial intelligence-generated images, they promised families to taste chocolate treats, witness performances by Oompa Loompas and observe ‘optical wonders’. The harsh reality was that the children received only a couple of jelly beans, a brief walk through a virtually empty warehouse, and a subsequent visit from police officers who projected the plot’s outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n

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All of this, of course, has also triggered a wave of interpretations and memeifying reactions to the situation. Now, the cast involved in the case has also spoken out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, the organizer of ‘Willy’s Chocolate Experience’, Billy Coull, apologized for his ‘vision of an artistic interpretation of a well-known book that failed to materialize’, beyond offering the 850 people their money back before closing the experience on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coull expressed that he was ‘sincerely and deeply sorry’ and added that the shortcomings of the event were due to ‘technical problems’. He told STV News: ‘I’m really surprised that the event didn’t live up to people’s expectations on paper.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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