Willy Wonka Glasgow Event Has Already Inspired Cosplay Of The Unknown

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There is already cosplay of The Unknown from Willy Wonka ’s Chocolate Experience in Glasgow , at today ’s London Comic Con ( Spring )

Willy ’s Chocolate Experiencewas an unaccredited " lookalike " event on the side based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the Willy Wonka movies that made worldwide newspaper headline after its gap in Glasgow , Scotland . peculiarly the " surprisal " fictitious character do it as … The Unknown .

Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker, Bonnie Langford

Well , it seems that The Unknown escaped the Glasgow baying mob and heading down to the south , turn up today at the London Comic Con ( Spring ) at London Olympia . That ’s fast for any cosplay . This was the work of a cosplayer , who was surprised that so many the great unwashed knew who the part was mean to be was … that ’s the power of TikTok .

Willy ’s Chocolate Experience was promoted as an immersive and interactive family experience , with AI illustration promising " stunning and intricately designed configurations inspired by Roald Dahl ’s timeless tale " and " an array of sexually attractive treats scattered throughout the experience " . Instead , hundreds of attendees find out it was in a clammy Glasgow warehouse , with a small bouncy castling , backdrop images pinned to walls , charge card prop leave on spare concrete flooring and meagre sweet allocation for the minor – one jelly bean and a after part of a cupful of Tesco lemonade – as well as uninspired character player for their £ 35 ticket . Some were so upset that they cry the police force .

Actors were hired to play " Willy McDuff " , based on Willy Wonka , and one of them , Paul Connell , assume to TikTok to explain what had happened from his perspective ; actors weregiven a daytime to learn fifteen pages of AI - generated playscript . From those picture , we learned of a newfangled theatrical role , an evil magic hot chocolate maker whose name is nameless , " so we call him The Unknown " , who lives inside the paries — play by an actress wearing a silver masque , a smuggled cloak with thick disastrous hair , who appeared from behind a large rectangular mirror and bestow some shaver to teardrop . Connell says that he was scripted to defeat The Unknown using a vacuum cleaner but that no such airscrew was bring home the bacon , and he had to improvise .

Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker, Bonnie Langford

While the actresshired to trifle The Unknown also took to TikTok , a 16 - year - onetime adolescent calledFeliciaon her first acting occupation . " When I first read the book , I did not like it … As most of you guys have sex , I am 16 , and it was my first ever pay acting job . I was quite unquiet , but the doer were so adorable , and they took me under their offstage . " Originally take to play Wonka , she was recast as The Unknown on the mean solar day of the show . " So on the Clarence Day of the actual event , we just got assure to patch up the script and improvise it , and the only guidance I got turn over was to work creepy . So I attempt to imagine what a valet living in the walls should be like … Some people loved it ; some the great unwashed hated it , and some were allow for traumatised . Some citizenry had no clue what was going on – including myself . "

After the first three 45 - minute performances , the cast was tell apart to give up the script and just let guests take the air through the venue , which took around two minutes and meant that The Unknown was now " fright children for no reason " . After lunch , they were secernate the event had been cancelled so they snuff it down the pub together . Returning afterward , there was a family of angry parents , two police van and two squad cars dealing with the incident .

Karen Gillanstated on Twitter that she would be interested in acting in a film ground on the story of the event …

Willy Wonka Glasgow Event Has Already Inspired Cosplay Of The Unknown