in particular he seemed besotted with the character of Veruca Salt; so much so that he finally tracked down actress Julie Dawn Cole and wrote this comic play for and with her. Willy Wonka ...
Ostrum's dialect coach, a man named Frawley Becker, encouraged Ostrum not to take the deal, as contracts tend to lock actors into roles they don't want to play ... "Willy Wonka" was Veruca Salt ...