OL, it's not like if you had said "Gene Wilder passed away" people would have been like "who's that?"
When it's a lesser known actor who played a role in a well known movie it makes sense to make a reference to their best known work. But Gene Wilder? He made the movies he was in big, not the other way around. And he has been in several better movies than Willy Wonka.
When it's a lesser known actor who played a role in a well known movie it makes sense to make a reference to their best known work. But Gene Wilder? He made the movies he was in big, not the other way around. And he has been in several better movies than Willy Wonka.