Alex Jennings to play Willy Wonka in Sam Mendes' Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Alex Jennings will replace Douglas Hodge as Willy Wonka in the West End adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic tale Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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