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Gene Wilder’s Last Big Interview: Mel Brooks, Willy Wonka & Why He Stopped Acting

LOOKING BACK

In his last major interview, at the 92nd Street Y in 2013, Wilder looked back at his career and explained what made him stop acting.

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