They confirm to EW that they made an actually edible teacup several, in fact.
It was highly…I don’t want to say stressful, but intense."
“She looked at me a bit scared and went, ‘How long do I have?’
Gene Wilder’s teacup scene from 1971’s ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’; Timothee Chalamet in ‘Wonka’.Paramount Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures
I went, ‘About an hour and a half,’ or something absolutely ridiculous.”
What transpired could be likened to aTop Chefchallenge.
Cugo went into her kitchen on set and looked for something she could use to make a vessel.
Timothee Chalamet stars in ‘Wonka’ as the titular chocolate maker.Jaap Buittendijk
Flowers became her inspiration.
“I didn’t even think of the teacup in the original film.
My mind was,right vessel,” she explains.
That’s how it happened."
But there was another anxiety.
“When we started filming with it, I think it was quite hot,” Cugno notes.
“I was like, ‘Gosh!
It’s quite thin.
If Timothee’s hands are really warm, will the cup come off the handle?’
Audiences can see this chocolate magic brought to life whenWonkaopens in theaters this Dec. 15.
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