Watch: Cast of WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Celebrates Film's 44th Anniversary

Remember the first time you saw Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? When you saw Gene Wilder's Wonka slowly walk down that walkway, lose his cane, and roll forward into a somersault, transforming before our eyes into the whimsical character we know and love? It's a film full of fun, iconic moments like that, and it still puts a smile on people's faces to this day. This year marks the film's 44th anniversary, and while you'd expect a retrospective maybe at the 50 year mark (or at least the 45th), The Today Show and NBC managed to get an interview with some of the cast members while they were attending a convention in Orlando, Florida.

Unfortunately, Wilder himself wasn't present at the festivities, but the actors who played Charlie Bucket, Veruca Salt, Mike Teavee, Augustus Gloop, Violet Beauregarde, and Wonka's head Oompa Loompa were. Check out the interview below:

Via: /Film