According to Aint It Cool News, director Steven Spielberg is looking to coax Gene Wilder out of retirement for a role in one of his upcoming films.
According to the site, their source claims that Wilder is wanted to lend his voice to The BFG, which would be his second Roald Dahl project after the classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. They also speculate that the role could be that of James Halliday in the recently-confirmed adaptation of Ready Player One.
Wilder officially retired from the screen in 2008, while he last appearance came in 2003 with a guest role in Will & Grace. Although he’d appeared in a few TV movies and the short-lived sitcom Something Wilder, his last big screen outing came in 1991 when he starred alongsdie Richard Pryor in Another You.
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Originally published August 11, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
