The recent movie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was an immediate box office success. Johnny Depp played a wonderful part as Willy Wonka in this movie. The book, originally published in 1964, was first made into a movie in 1971. In this movie, Gene Wilder played a remarkable role of Willy Wonka as well. Despite the many differences in the actors, both had huge success playing the role of the wacky, chocolate loving Mr. Wonka.

One of the differences in the actors was age. The actors were similar in actual age when playing the role, Johnny Depp being 42 and Gene Wilder being 38. The real difference is in the age portrayed by the actors. While Wilder's portrayal made Wonka appear to be a distant and seemingly passive older gentleman, Depp gives Wonka the enthusiasm of a child with the looks of a grown man.

Although Depp's illustrates Wonka with...