Hugh Grant’s Oompa Loompa draws backlash from actor with dwarfism: We’re being ‘pushed out’

An actor with dwarfism is calling out Hugh Grant’s portrayal of an Oompa Loompa in the Warner Bros. film “Wonka.” Hugh Grant’s appearance in the upcoming “Wonka” movie is drawing criticism. “One door is being closed, but they have forgotten to open the next one,” the 26-year-old “Willow” star said, also disapproving of how the “Love, Actually” star’s head is enlarged in the film. And Hugh Grant’s one of our greats, so it was a dream.” Coppen’s latest remarks follow his critical take on social media two weeks ago, when Warner Bros. publicly released the trailer for the prequel of sorts to Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Grant appears in the trailer’s final moments as “the funny little man” following Wonka and asserts that he is “a perfectly respectable size for an Oompa Loompa.” “So I was watching the new Wonka trailer and I thought it looked pretty good until the very end where Hugh Grant appears as an oompa loompa,” Coppen wrote on Instagram, adding, “Why? “Snow White,” which has been both championed and trashed for casting Zegler in the lead role, previously elicited the ire of Dinklage last year when he said that Disney’s progressive casting contradicts the fact that it’s “still making that f— backward story about seven dwarfs.” In response, the studio pledged to “avoid reinforcing stereotypes from the original animated film” and has been consulting with members of the dwarfism community for the reimagining.