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Alex Jennings interview: the new Willy Wonka on Roald Dahl’s ‘child killer’

'There were moments of thinking, why the fuck am I putting myself through this?'

21 June 2014

9:00 AM

21 June 2014

9:00 AM

‘Oompa Loompa juice,’ says the actor Alex Jennings when I ask if he takes any supplements to preserve his looks. He’s 57 but could pass for a decade younger. We meet backstage in his Drury Lane suite, which boasts a fridge crammed with pink champagne, where he’s preparing to play the lead role in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

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