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    ‘Where dreams went to die’: Wonka actor reveals chaos behind Glasgow Willy’s Chocolate Experience

    by Barney Davis Mar 02, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: Michael Archibald

    An actor who payed one of the Willy Wonka characters at a failed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory event in Glasgow has opened up about dealing with police, crying children and rioting parents, describing the experience as “where dreams go to die”.

    Lured in by the promise of £500, Michael Archibald, 18, turned up to his first ever acting gigwhich quicky became notorious after pictures of sparse props in an old warehouse

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