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Karen Gillan begs to be cast in movie on the Willy Wonka Experience fiasco while social media users urge Netflix to create a 'Fyre Festival style' doc

Willy Wonka has been trending on X, formerly Twitter , after furious parents paid £35 a ticket for their children to attend an 'immersive' event that did not deliver.

Willy Wonka has been trending on X, formerly Twitter, after furious parents paid £35 a ticket for their children to attend an 'immersive' event that turned out to feature just a tiny bouncy castle and a small lollipop. Yet families were left stunned when they arrived and were greeted with a near-empty warehouse with a few Wonka-themed props and a small bouncy castle, leaving distraught children in floods of tears. Despite organisers posting pictures on social media of thousands of sweets and lollies in the days leading up to the event, it was claimed by one parent their children were handed just a couple of jelly babies and a quarter of a can of Barr's limeade.

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