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Are There Squirrels In Willy Wonka? Are there squirrels in Willy Wonka? Director Tim Burton wanted real squirrels–100, to be exact–for a pivotal scene in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” The 100 squirrels sit on stools at Willy Wonka’s factory, picking up nuts and deciding whether they will work in the chocolate bars. Are the

Did Willy Wonka Use Real Squirrels? Did Willy Wonka use real squirrels? And for “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” which opens Friday, the iconoclastic director requested real squirrels — 100, to be exact — for a pivotal scene in the nut-sorting department in Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. Did they actually train squirrels for Charlie and