Violet Beauregarde is a fictional character from the Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the subsequent film adaptations. She is the third winner of the Golden Ticket and the second child to meet her endgame at Wonka's factory. AnnaSophia Robb plays Violet Beauregarde in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory while Denise Nickerson plays Violet in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Background
In each version, Violet Beauregarde is the third of the five (originally seven) children to find one of Willy Wonka's exclusive Golden Tickets, the second of (originally) three girls to win a Golden Ticket, as well as the second to be kicked off the tour due to disobedience of Wonka's orders. She exhibits a more competitive spirit than the five other ticket winners, especially in the 2005 movie, in which her ambitious behavior is greatly expanded to include her participation in sports and martial arts. Violet is also a notoriously relentless and competitive gum chewer, though she temporarily curbed her habit in order to focus on Wonka Bars and search for the ticket. Most versions have Violet calling her mother simply "Mother", out of arrogance or pride depending on which version you're into.
Violet in the Novel
Violet is described in the original novel as having a "great big mop of curly hair" and as someone who talks "very fast and very loudly." Like Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, and Mike Teavee her nationality is not mentioned (she hails from America in the films). Both her parents accompany her to the factory. During her newspaper interview she talks more about her gum chewing obsession than her ticket. She is depicted from illustrator to illustrator wearing jeans and a T-shirt, as a reflection of her tomboyish ways.
Violet in the Films
In the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Violet was depicted as a preteen girl from Miles City, Montana, and was played by Denise Nickerson. Her father, Sam Beauregarde, is a "prominent" local politician, civic leader and a used car salesman who uses Violet's television interview for free advertising of his car dealership. Violet uses her television interview to demean Cornelia Prinzmetel far more than she does in the novel. There is no interaction between Violet and Veruca Salt in the novel, but in the film, the girls are seen pushing and shoving each other when walking down the Chocolate Room stairs. Like Mike Teavee, Augustus Gloop and Veruca Salt, Violet gets along fairly well with Charlie.
In the 2005 film adaption, Violet (played by AnnaSophia Robb) is again a preteen, but her hometown has been changed to Atlanta, Georgia. However, unlike the novel and 1971 film, she is mean to Charlie (more then Augustus was), and goes so far as to call him a "loser". She is athletic and has a vicious competitive streak, having won 263 trophies and medals in various events ranging from martial arts competitions to gum-chewing contests; she is a junior champion and world-record holder in the latter. Violet and her mother wear matching outfits and hairstyles. Violet had been working on the same piece for three months straight at the time that she had found her Golden Ticket. During the ticket search, she temporarily laid off gum and switched to Wonka Bars, keeping the aforementioned wad stored behind her ear in the meantime. Violet's mother, Scarlett Beauregarde (played by Missi Pyle), a former baton champion herself, initially encourages her daughter's unladylike behavior and rude attitude, acting in a true soccer mom/stage mom/female football coach fashion; however, her approval and pride of her daughter turns into disapproval and anger when they leave the factory and head back to Atlanta, after Violet's act of disobedience to Wonka's commands.
Violet in the Video Games
In the 1985 video game based off of the book, a level involves the avoiding of blueberries thrown by Violet. The 2005 film's game requires Charlie to escort Violet (by rolling her around) to the Juicing Room, where he must take her to Wonka's juicer to squeeze her back to normal. Violet seems much slimmer than in the movie and her blueberry form is much smaller and similar to the 1971 movie.
Violet's Endgame
Wonka invents a gum that contains an entire three-course dinner: tomato soup, roast beef with baked potato and blueberry pie (pea soup, roast beef and blueberry ice cream in the theatrical shows), but forbids Violet to chew it as it is not ready for human consumption just yet. Violet rudely snaps that she holds the world record in chewing gum and begins going at it anyway, ignoring Wonka's protests. However, the blueberry pie stage is defective, which causes Violet to turn blue and expand into a giant blueberry. She is unable to walk due to her girth, and Wonka tells the Oompa Loompas to roll her to the juicing room to extract the blueberry juice immediately, implying that more swelling will cause her to explode.
In the original, Violet blows up to smaller proportions but everyone (including her father) is still surprised; she was seen wearing a red buckled belt, but it pops off as her body becomes too big for it. She can waddle, but very slowly due to her girth, and before she can waddle too far, she is lowered to the ground by the watchful Oompa-Loompas. She is rolled to the juicing room by a team of Oompa-Loompas but is not seen again, and there is a twist as Mr. Wonka said she might explode. Violet is not seen again after being rolled away, but Wonka simply assures Charlie that all the other children will be returned to their normal "terrible" selves. She is also the only one present during her song in the 1971 film.
In the 2005 version, Violet grows more than just a few centimeters, instead swelling to a much higher rate than the novel, almost reaching the Inventing Room's catwalks. Her mother does not seem to care about this predicament happening to Violet herself, but that her daughter can no longer compete, and asks Wonka about the subject. Veruca responds, "You could put her in a county fair," and by the look on her face, Scarlett is both offended and considering the idea. She is also seen exiting the factory with her mother after the tour. She has been deflated back to normal size, but rather than just walking, she somersaults, cartwheels and backflips down the stairs and the front walk, apparently becoming more flexible (like chewing gum, appropriately) and her skin, hair and clothes are now a seemingly-permanent shade of blue. She is actually pleased with her new pliability, but her mother is very angry with her daughter for disobeying Wonka's orders and turning blue (despite Scarlett encouraging her to do so [disobey his orders] herself), and judging by the look on her face and the tone of her voice in her final line ("Yes, but you're blue."), she is fed up with coaching her daughter and treating her like an overconfident athlete, her exceeding pride in her entirely gone. In the novel, Violet ends up with purple skin but there is no mention of increased dexterity.
How They Made the Blueberry
Willy Wonka: The filmmakers of the 1971 adaptation simulated the blueberry scene by inflating Nickerson in a rubber suit and composed her outline in two halves of a styrofoam ball, and it took 45 minutes to get her into costume. Nickerson was unable to go to lunch during rehearsals; instead she was rolled around on set every five minutes to keep blood circulating. Nickerson recalls that Julie Dawn Cole, who played Veruca, saw her as the "cool American girl", but "when she saw [Nickerson] as a big purple ball, [Nickerson] was completely embarrassed." In the 2005 version, at the request of director Tim Burton, the filmmakers combined real footage of Robb with digital effects in order to increase the overall size of the blueberry rather than just the width (as depicted in the novel), as well as for the scene of Violet and her mother leaving the factory.
Charlie: A practical method was considered for the scene in which Violet Beauregarde turns blue and swells up into a giant 10-foot blueberry. A suit with an air hose was considered at one point for the beginnings of the swelling scene, before the decision was made to do the entire transformation in CGI. The visual effects house Cinesite was recruited for this assignment. In some shots that were shot of AnnaSophia Robb's head, a facial prosthetic was worn to give the impression that her cheeks had swelled up as well. Because this decision was made late in the film's production, any traces of Violet's blueberry scene were omitted from trailers or promotional material.
New Musical: The inflatable suit had to fit each of the four child actors covering the part, and be self-contained under their outer costume. It also had to be operated by the child and of course be safe. At Artem, Laura Sindall made up a couple of patterns that were trialled to get the best ‘look’ and discussions covered just how much of the body would inflate. Eventually this was the torso, thighs and upper arms. The air supply had to be tiny in order to be hidden, but had to be capable of ensuring a full inflation, which narrowed options down to dive components with their safety margins and long reliability record. This with some safety controls and switching allowed the pneumatics to be hidden away in a small backpack the actor was wearing. Other safety valves ensured the suit could not over inflate and squish the child! It was very amusing when the prototype was first tried out, great fun for the child, and satisfying for the Production.
Violet Beauregarde's Song
The original song in the novel featured a "Miss Bigelow" who chewed gum day in and day out for years before her jaws bit her tongue in two, and how the Oompa Loompas wanted to prevent the same thing happening to Violet. In the 2005 version, this song takes place in the Inventing Room, where the multicourse gum was created. It is sung by the Oompa Loompas while Violet is being rolled around in blueberry form, and the lyrics contain 42 repetitions of the word "chewing." The track uses the same pitch in voice, accompanied by a '70s funk-style sound. In the 1971 version, the song merely talks about how chewing gum for long periods of time is repulsive. In the theatrical shows, her song is called "Chew It", which talks about her love of chewing gum and how it's her life long dream to chew the same stick all her life. It is followed by her Oompa-Loompa song, which is either sung by the Oompa-Loompas with her present, by her with the Oompa-Loompas present, by the Oompa-Loompas without her present, or by the actress who plays Violet while backstage with only the Oompa-Loompas and a Violet blueberry model present onstage.
VIOLET BEAUREGARDE on Wikipedia.com
Violet Beauregarde, 'a girl who chews gum all day', is one of the Golden Ticket winners, from Miles City, Montana in the 1971 film and from Atlanta, Georgia in the 2005 film. Violet is the third child to find a Golden Ticket and the second to be ejected from the tour. Violet chews gum obsessively and boasts that she has been chewing the same piece for three months solid. In the 2005 film, she is also aggressively competitive and has won trophies for a variety of sports and activities, including gum-chewing.
When Wonka shows the group around the Inventing Room, he stops to display a new type of gum he is working on that doubles as a filling three-course meal. Violet is intrigued and, despite Wonka's protests, snatches and chews the gum. She is delighted by its effects but, when she gets to the dessert - blueberry pie - her skin's pigment changes to blue. In the 2005 version and the novel (with the exception of some differences), Violet's clothes darken, stretch and become glued to her body. Violet then swells into a spherical shape, with her limbs and head pulled into her body. Within a minute of chewing the gum, Violet becomes a super-heavy human blueberry. Veruca then jokes that Mrs. Beauregarde could enter Violet into a county fair. This causes Willy Wonka to have the Oompa-Loompas roll her down to the Juicing Room to have the juice squeezed out of her. She is later seen emerging from the factory more flexible, but still with blue colored skin.
In the book, both of Violet's parents go to the factory with her. In the 1971 film, she is accompanied by her father, a fast-talking used car salesman. In the 2005 film, she is the only child to come from a single parent family, living with her mother. It is implied that Mrs. Beauregarde is primarily responsible for Violet's competitive nature.
In the 2013 Sam Mendes London musical, Violet Beauregarde is portrayed as a Californian fame-hungry wanna-be, with her agent/father Eugene Beauregarde parlaying her mundane talent of gum chewing into celebrity status, with multitude of endorsements including her own TV show, line of perfume, and a clothing boutique. Her theme is called "The Double-Bubble Duchess". Violet and her father are escorted by an entourage to the factory entrance. Violet comes dressed in a sparkly purple and pink disco jumper and a purple backpack. Upon swelling in the influence of the experimental gum, she panics and runs away as the Oompa Loompas break into an disco number, "Juicy" , and roller skate along the stage as Violet lifts into the air, resembling a giant purple disco-ball. Mr. Beauregarde phones his lawyer excitedly, with intent to profit from Violet's new size, until Violet explodes. Wonka's only reassurance of her survival is the prospect of rescuing the pieces and de-juicing them.
Violet's infamous inflation scene has been subject to many parodies (most notably on That '70s Show in a dream sequence with Mila Kunis), and even started several online inflation/blueberry sites.
VIOLET BEAUREGARDE in CATCF A NEW MUSICAL
Violet is portrayed as a rapping gum-chewer from California whose nickname is The Double Bubble Duchess. She has her own TV show, line of perfume and is opening boutiques all over the world. Her dad says she has a "million dollar jaw".
When the play began at London's Theatre Royal, Dury Lane, Violet was played by Jade Johnson, Mya Olaye, Adrianna Bertola, and India Ria Amarteifio. In November of 2013, Adrianna and India's contracts ran out and they are no longer part of the cast. In May of 2014, as part of a major cast change, Jade Johnson & Mya Olaye's contracts ran out and they have left the role. Jade Johnson played Violet for the Soundtrack Recording of the Musical and Mya Olaye was featured on many of the promotional images for the show during 2014, along with a few of Adrianna Bertola. Sophie Naglik is mainly featured on the promotional images for the show during 2015. In January of 2015, Lauren Halil's contract ran out and was replaced by Psalms-Nissi Myers-Reid. In April/May of 2015, Sophie Naglik & Rhianna Dorris's contracts ran out and they were replaced by Armani Hall & Miriam Nyarko. In October of 2015, Miriam Nyarko was replaced with Shaniquah Notice Morris. In April of 2016, Armani Hall, Psalms-Nissi Myers-Reid & Shaniquah Notice Morris' contracts ran out and were replaced by Asha Banks, Liani Samuel, and a returning Miriam Nyarko. Banks, Samuel, and Nyarko portrayed Violet until the musical closed in January 2017.
For the Broadway production, Violet was portrayed by Trista Dollison for the production's entire run from Spring 2017 through January 2018.
Violet on CATCF A New Musical Wiki
Daughter of greedy Californian "talent" agent, Eugene Beauregarde, Violet is a unique cases among the four bratty children who won the golden tickets as she won her ticket in a reactively fair way, but rather than actually wanting to go to the factory, Violet simply wanted to use the fact that she had the ticket to gain extra publicity for her career. Violet makes her intense ego and extremely over-competitive spirit during her interview where it is clear in the background of her penthouse that her father has had the Hollywood sign turned to Beauregarde. It is here that Violet reveals the origin of her fame by chewing on a stick of gum for three years which has in turn somehow granted her the celebrity title "the Double Bubble Duchess" gained her a TV show perfume line and chain of boutiques. On the day of the tour, Violet arrives in a sparkly purple tracksuit with blue back pack and immediately begins to show off her experience in the spot light and behaving highly obnoxiously to the other guests, immediately striking up a rivalry with fellow insufferable brat Veruca Salt. In the factory, Violet insults Mr. Wonka upon meeting him, insisting that she is there to win and nothing more. Wonka is unsurprisingly unimpressed by this and even less so by Violet's "credentials", declaring that while her father thinks she's really something, he is unsure what she is.
Violet's competitive behavior soon lands her extremely sticky end in the inventing room. After the party enters the Inventing Room and Wonka presents each child with a gift a sample of his latest and greatest invention "The Everlasting Gobstopper" a sweet that could be sucked forever and never get any smaller, Violet however is unimpressed by this remarkable invention declaring that it "sucked" and that she wanted something to chew. In response, Wonka presents her with another sample of another invention a stick of chewing gum that remarkably contained all the nutrients proteins and flavors of a three course dinner from the 1970's. Now while the other guests are astounded by this invention, Violet is only really interested in the fact that it is gum so she grabs it and starts to chew despite Wonka's protests that it is not ready. Immediately Violet is blown away by the gum tasting such foods as tomato soup roast chicken potatoes and gravy but before she can hit desert Wonka intervenes declaring that she must spit it out at once but her idiotic father almost instantly contradicts him telling Violet to keep chewing until finally she hits dessert blueberry pie.
At this precise moment, Violet's skin turns to a deep shade of purple and her lower body begins to alarmingly swell up much to her fathers horror who grabs Wonka demanding to know what is happening to Violet. Wonka cryptically explains that violet has excesses fructose in her fluid sacks which when prompted he revels means she is literally turning into a blueberry. Immediately the Oompa Loompas begin a 70's roller disco routine appropriately naming Violet Juicy and declaring that even though she has no talent she has now achieved her dream of becoming the biggest celebrity of all time and that now she is blue everyone will know who she is. Violet meanwhile makes a pathetic attempt to waddle away behind a large mixing vat while her unconcerned father simply complains that he cannot put a blueberry on the cover of vogue and tries to call his lawyer but before he can, the Oompa Loompas raise Violet into the air who now swollen into an enormous blue ball. Violet is then spun around while lights are flashed on her like a giant disco ball for the Oompa Loompas to dance to. After seeing his daughter's new body, a still unconcerned Mr. Beauregarde begins to make plans to put Violet on the cover of Fruit Monthly much to Violet's protest but he takes no heed and greedily calls his lawyer to make the arrangements but he is cut off when Violet suddenly explodes in a shower of purple glitter and blueberry goo.
In a surprising act of concern, Mr. Beauregarde begins to scream that his daughter has exploded while an unconcerned Wonka assures him she has simply burst her bubble. He then orders Oompa Loompas to take Mr. Beauregarde to the Juicing Vat to retrieve Violet's pieces and repair her before she ferments.
Violet's ultimate fate was originally unknown but it was strongly implied that her remains would be sold at her own boutique. In the Broadway production, Violet starts to inflate after accidentally swallowing the three course dinner gum. Wonka orders Violet to get down to the Juicing Room, Violet runs off stage with her father in tow. Wonka informs the group that she will be succsessfully deflated by the Oompa Loompas. Mr. Salt then asks where the Oompas come from and Wonka starts a 1970s song about how he found the Oompas. Halfway through the song, Violet, who is now an absolutely enormous blob (and she's still getting bigger), waddles across the stage screaming for help. At the end of the song, Mr. Beauregarde runs across stage with a GIANT Violet who has now fully inflated into a massive, over-inflated ball.
An Oompa Loompa shoots a dart into Violet, and, due to her body almost perfectly replicating a balloon (MUCH bigger than your average balloon and considerably rounder), she explodes and her insides fly all over the stage and all over Mr. Beauregarde. Mr. Beauregarde begins to scream that she just exploded. Wonka orders Mr. Beauregarde to follow the Oompas down to the Juicing Room and scoop what's left of Violet out of the Pulping-Pont. Wonka orders him to be quick or else she will ferment. Mr. Beauregarde screams one more time that she exploded.
Background
In each version, Violet Beauregarde is the third of the five (originally seven) children to find one of Willy Wonka's exclusive Golden Tickets, the second of (originally) three girls to win a Golden Ticket, as well as the second to be kicked off the tour due to disobedience of Wonka's orders. She exhibits a more competitive spirit than the five other ticket winners, especially in the 2005 movie, in which her ambitious behavior is greatly expanded to include her participation in sports and martial arts. Violet is also a notoriously relentless and competitive gum chewer, though she temporarily curbed her habit in order to focus on Wonka Bars and search for the ticket. Most versions have Violet calling her mother simply "Mother", out of arrogance or pride depending on which version you're into.
Violet in the Novel
Violet is described in the original novel as having a "great big mop of curly hair" and as someone who talks "very fast and very loudly." Like Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, and Mike Teavee her nationality is not mentioned (she hails from America in the films). Both her parents accompany her to the factory. During her newspaper interview she talks more about her gum chewing obsession than her ticket. She is depicted from illustrator to illustrator wearing jeans and a T-shirt, as a reflection of her tomboyish ways.
Violet in the Films
In the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Violet was depicted as a preteen girl from Miles City, Montana, and was played by Denise Nickerson. Her father, Sam Beauregarde, is a "prominent" local politician, civic leader and a used car salesman who uses Violet's television interview for free advertising of his car dealership. Violet uses her television interview to demean Cornelia Prinzmetel far more than she does in the novel. There is no interaction between Violet and Veruca Salt in the novel, but in the film, the girls are seen pushing and shoving each other when walking down the Chocolate Room stairs. Like Mike Teavee, Augustus Gloop and Veruca Salt, Violet gets along fairly well with Charlie.
In the 2005 film adaption, Violet (played by AnnaSophia Robb) is again a preteen, but her hometown has been changed to Atlanta, Georgia. However, unlike the novel and 1971 film, she is mean to Charlie (more then Augustus was), and goes so far as to call him a "loser". She is athletic and has a vicious competitive streak, having won 263 trophies and medals in various events ranging from martial arts competitions to gum-chewing contests; she is a junior champion and world-record holder in the latter. Violet and her mother wear matching outfits and hairstyles. Violet had been working on the same piece for three months straight at the time that she had found her Golden Ticket. During the ticket search, she temporarily laid off gum and switched to Wonka Bars, keeping the aforementioned wad stored behind her ear in the meantime. Violet's mother, Scarlett Beauregarde (played by Missi Pyle), a former baton champion herself, initially encourages her daughter's unladylike behavior and rude attitude, acting in a true soccer mom/stage mom/female football coach fashion; however, her approval and pride of her daughter turns into disapproval and anger when they leave the factory and head back to Atlanta, after Violet's act of disobedience to Wonka's commands.
Violet in the Video Games
In the 1985 video game based off of the book, a level involves the avoiding of blueberries thrown by Violet. The 2005 film's game requires Charlie to escort Violet (by rolling her around) to the Juicing Room, where he must take her to Wonka's juicer to squeeze her back to normal. Violet seems much slimmer than in the movie and her blueberry form is much smaller and similar to the 1971 movie.
Violet's Endgame
Wonka invents a gum that contains an entire three-course dinner: tomato soup, roast beef with baked potato and blueberry pie (pea soup, roast beef and blueberry ice cream in the theatrical shows), but forbids Violet to chew it as it is not ready for human consumption just yet. Violet rudely snaps that she holds the world record in chewing gum and begins going at it anyway, ignoring Wonka's protests. However, the blueberry pie stage is defective, which causes Violet to turn blue and expand into a giant blueberry. She is unable to walk due to her girth, and Wonka tells the Oompa Loompas to roll her to the juicing room to extract the blueberry juice immediately, implying that more swelling will cause her to explode.
In the original, Violet blows up to smaller proportions but everyone (including her father) is still surprised; she was seen wearing a red buckled belt, but it pops off as her body becomes too big for it. She can waddle, but very slowly due to her girth, and before she can waddle too far, she is lowered to the ground by the watchful Oompa-Loompas. She is rolled to the juicing room by a team of Oompa-Loompas but is not seen again, and there is a twist as Mr. Wonka said she might explode. Violet is not seen again after being rolled away, but Wonka simply assures Charlie that all the other children will be returned to their normal "terrible" selves. She is also the only one present during her song in the 1971 film.
In the 2005 version, Violet grows more than just a few centimeters, instead swelling to a much higher rate than the novel, almost reaching the Inventing Room's catwalks. Her mother does not seem to care about this predicament happening to Violet herself, but that her daughter can no longer compete, and asks Wonka about the subject. Veruca responds, "You could put her in a county fair," and by the look on her face, Scarlett is both offended and considering the idea. She is also seen exiting the factory with her mother after the tour. She has been deflated back to normal size, but rather than just walking, she somersaults, cartwheels and backflips down the stairs and the front walk, apparently becoming more flexible (like chewing gum, appropriately) and her skin, hair and clothes are now a seemingly-permanent shade of blue. She is actually pleased with her new pliability, but her mother is very angry with her daughter for disobeying Wonka's orders and turning blue (despite Scarlett encouraging her to do so [disobey his orders] herself), and judging by the look on her face and the tone of her voice in her final line ("Yes, but you're blue."), she is fed up with coaching her daughter and treating her like an overconfident athlete, her exceeding pride in her entirely gone. In the novel, Violet ends up with purple skin but there is no mention of increased dexterity.
How They Made the Blueberry
Willy Wonka: The filmmakers of the 1971 adaptation simulated the blueberry scene by inflating Nickerson in a rubber suit and composed her outline in two halves of a styrofoam ball, and it took 45 minutes to get her into costume. Nickerson was unable to go to lunch during rehearsals; instead she was rolled around on set every five minutes to keep blood circulating. Nickerson recalls that Julie Dawn Cole, who played Veruca, saw her as the "cool American girl", but "when she saw [Nickerson] as a big purple ball, [Nickerson] was completely embarrassed." In the 2005 version, at the request of director Tim Burton, the filmmakers combined real footage of Robb with digital effects in order to increase the overall size of the blueberry rather than just the width (as depicted in the novel), as well as for the scene of Violet and her mother leaving the factory.
Charlie: A practical method was considered for the scene in which Violet Beauregarde turns blue and swells up into a giant 10-foot blueberry. A suit with an air hose was considered at one point for the beginnings of the swelling scene, before the decision was made to do the entire transformation in CGI. The visual effects house Cinesite was recruited for this assignment. In some shots that were shot of AnnaSophia Robb's head, a facial prosthetic was worn to give the impression that her cheeks had swelled up as well. Because this decision was made late in the film's production, any traces of Violet's blueberry scene were omitted from trailers or promotional material.
New Musical: The inflatable suit had to fit each of the four child actors covering the part, and be self-contained under their outer costume. It also had to be operated by the child and of course be safe. At Artem, Laura Sindall made up a couple of patterns that were trialled to get the best ‘look’ and discussions covered just how much of the body would inflate. Eventually this was the torso, thighs and upper arms. The air supply had to be tiny in order to be hidden, but had to be capable of ensuring a full inflation, which narrowed options down to dive components with their safety margins and long reliability record. This with some safety controls and switching allowed the pneumatics to be hidden away in a small backpack the actor was wearing. Other safety valves ensured the suit could not over inflate and squish the child! It was very amusing when the prototype was first tried out, great fun for the child, and satisfying for the Production.
Violet Beauregarde's Song
The original song in the novel featured a "Miss Bigelow" who chewed gum day in and day out for years before her jaws bit her tongue in two, and how the Oompa Loompas wanted to prevent the same thing happening to Violet. In the 2005 version, this song takes place in the Inventing Room, where the multicourse gum was created. It is sung by the Oompa Loompas while Violet is being rolled around in blueberry form, and the lyrics contain 42 repetitions of the word "chewing." The track uses the same pitch in voice, accompanied by a '70s funk-style sound. In the 1971 version, the song merely talks about how chewing gum for long periods of time is repulsive. In the theatrical shows, her song is called "Chew It", which talks about her love of chewing gum and how it's her life long dream to chew the same stick all her life. It is followed by her Oompa-Loompa song, which is either sung by the Oompa-Loompas with her present, by her with the Oompa-Loompas present, by the Oompa-Loompas without her present, or by the actress who plays Violet while backstage with only the Oompa-Loompas and a Violet blueberry model present onstage.
VIOLET BEAUREGARDE on Wikipedia.com
Violet Beauregarde, 'a girl who chews gum all day', is one of the Golden Ticket winners, from Miles City, Montana in the 1971 film and from Atlanta, Georgia in the 2005 film. Violet is the third child to find a Golden Ticket and the second to be ejected from the tour. Violet chews gum obsessively and boasts that she has been chewing the same piece for three months solid. In the 2005 film, she is also aggressively competitive and has won trophies for a variety of sports and activities, including gum-chewing.
When Wonka shows the group around the Inventing Room, he stops to display a new type of gum he is working on that doubles as a filling three-course meal. Violet is intrigued and, despite Wonka's protests, snatches and chews the gum. She is delighted by its effects but, when she gets to the dessert - blueberry pie - her skin's pigment changes to blue. In the 2005 version and the novel (with the exception of some differences), Violet's clothes darken, stretch and become glued to her body. Violet then swells into a spherical shape, with her limbs and head pulled into her body. Within a minute of chewing the gum, Violet becomes a super-heavy human blueberry. Veruca then jokes that Mrs. Beauregarde could enter Violet into a county fair. This causes Willy Wonka to have the Oompa-Loompas roll her down to the Juicing Room to have the juice squeezed out of her. She is later seen emerging from the factory more flexible, but still with blue colored skin.
In the book, both of Violet's parents go to the factory with her. In the 1971 film, she is accompanied by her father, a fast-talking used car salesman. In the 2005 film, she is the only child to come from a single parent family, living with her mother. It is implied that Mrs. Beauregarde is primarily responsible for Violet's competitive nature.
In the 2013 Sam Mendes London musical, Violet Beauregarde is portrayed as a Californian fame-hungry wanna-be, with her agent/father Eugene Beauregarde parlaying her mundane talent of gum chewing into celebrity status, with multitude of endorsements including her own TV show, line of perfume, and a clothing boutique. Her theme is called "The Double-Bubble Duchess". Violet and her father are escorted by an entourage to the factory entrance. Violet comes dressed in a sparkly purple and pink disco jumper and a purple backpack. Upon swelling in the influence of the experimental gum, she panics and runs away as the Oompa Loompas break into an disco number, "Juicy" , and roller skate along the stage as Violet lifts into the air, resembling a giant purple disco-ball. Mr. Beauregarde phones his lawyer excitedly, with intent to profit from Violet's new size, until Violet explodes. Wonka's only reassurance of her survival is the prospect of rescuing the pieces and de-juicing them.
Violet's infamous inflation scene has been subject to many parodies (most notably on That '70s Show in a dream sequence with Mila Kunis), and even started several online inflation/blueberry sites.
VIOLET BEAUREGARDE in CATCF A NEW MUSICAL
Violet is portrayed as a rapping gum-chewer from California whose nickname is The Double Bubble Duchess. She has her own TV show, line of perfume and is opening boutiques all over the world. Her dad says she has a "million dollar jaw".
When the play began at London's Theatre Royal, Dury Lane, Violet was played by Jade Johnson, Mya Olaye, Adrianna Bertola, and India Ria Amarteifio. In November of 2013, Adrianna and India's contracts ran out and they are no longer part of the cast. In May of 2014, as part of a major cast change, Jade Johnson & Mya Olaye's contracts ran out and they have left the role. Jade Johnson played Violet for the Soundtrack Recording of the Musical and Mya Olaye was featured on many of the promotional images for the show during 2014, along with a few of Adrianna Bertola. Sophie Naglik is mainly featured on the promotional images for the show during 2015. In January of 2015, Lauren Halil's contract ran out and was replaced by Psalms-Nissi Myers-Reid. In April/May of 2015, Sophie Naglik & Rhianna Dorris's contracts ran out and they were replaced by Armani Hall & Miriam Nyarko. In October of 2015, Miriam Nyarko was replaced with Shaniquah Notice Morris. In April of 2016, Armani Hall, Psalms-Nissi Myers-Reid & Shaniquah Notice Morris' contracts ran out and were replaced by Asha Banks, Liani Samuel, and a returning Miriam Nyarko. Banks, Samuel, and Nyarko portrayed Violet until the musical closed in January 2017.
For the Broadway production, Violet was portrayed by Trista Dollison for the production's entire run from Spring 2017 through January 2018.
Violet on CATCF A New Musical Wiki
Daughter of greedy Californian "talent" agent, Eugene Beauregarde, Violet is a unique cases among the four bratty children who won the golden tickets as she won her ticket in a reactively fair way, but rather than actually wanting to go to the factory, Violet simply wanted to use the fact that she had the ticket to gain extra publicity for her career. Violet makes her intense ego and extremely over-competitive spirit during her interview where it is clear in the background of her penthouse that her father has had the Hollywood sign turned to Beauregarde. It is here that Violet reveals the origin of her fame by chewing on a stick of gum for three years which has in turn somehow granted her the celebrity title "the Double Bubble Duchess" gained her a TV show perfume line and chain of boutiques. On the day of the tour, Violet arrives in a sparkly purple tracksuit with blue back pack and immediately begins to show off her experience in the spot light and behaving highly obnoxiously to the other guests, immediately striking up a rivalry with fellow insufferable brat Veruca Salt. In the factory, Violet insults Mr. Wonka upon meeting him, insisting that she is there to win and nothing more. Wonka is unsurprisingly unimpressed by this and even less so by Violet's "credentials", declaring that while her father thinks she's really something, he is unsure what she is.
Violet's competitive behavior soon lands her extremely sticky end in the inventing room. After the party enters the Inventing Room and Wonka presents each child with a gift a sample of his latest and greatest invention "The Everlasting Gobstopper" a sweet that could be sucked forever and never get any smaller, Violet however is unimpressed by this remarkable invention declaring that it "sucked" and that she wanted something to chew. In response, Wonka presents her with another sample of another invention a stick of chewing gum that remarkably contained all the nutrients proteins and flavors of a three course dinner from the 1970's. Now while the other guests are astounded by this invention, Violet is only really interested in the fact that it is gum so she grabs it and starts to chew despite Wonka's protests that it is not ready. Immediately Violet is blown away by the gum tasting such foods as tomato soup roast chicken potatoes and gravy but before she can hit desert Wonka intervenes declaring that she must spit it out at once but her idiotic father almost instantly contradicts him telling Violet to keep chewing until finally she hits dessert blueberry pie.
At this precise moment, Violet's skin turns to a deep shade of purple and her lower body begins to alarmingly swell up much to her fathers horror who grabs Wonka demanding to know what is happening to Violet. Wonka cryptically explains that violet has excesses fructose in her fluid sacks which when prompted he revels means she is literally turning into a blueberry. Immediately the Oompa Loompas begin a 70's roller disco routine appropriately naming Violet Juicy and declaring that even though she has no talent she has now achieved her dream of becoming the biggest celebrity of all time and that now she is blue everyone will know who she is. Violet meanwhile makes a pathetic attempt to waddle away behind a large mixing vat while her unconcerned father simply complains that he cannot put a blueberry on the cover of vogue and tries to call his lawyer but before he can, the Oompa Loompas raise Violet into the air who now swollen into an enormous blue ball. Violet is then spun around while lights are flashed on her like a giant disco ball for the Oompa Loompas to dance to. After seeing his daughter's new body, a still unconcerned Mr. Beauregarde begins to make plans to put Violet on the cover of Fruit Monthly much to Violet's protest but he takes no heed and greedily calls his lawyer to make the arrangements but he is cut off when Violet suddenly explodes in a shower of purple glitter and blueberry goo.
In a surprising act of concern, Mr. Beauregarde begins to scream that his daughter has exploded while an unconcerned Wonka assures him she has simply burst her bubble. He then orders Oompa Loompas to take Mr. Beauregarde to the Juicing Vat to retrieve Violet's pieces and repair her before she ferments.
Violet's ultimate fate was originally unknown but it was strongly implied that her remains would be sold at her own boutique. In the Broadway production, Violet starts to inflate after accidentally swallowing the three course dinner gum. Wonka orders Violet to get down to the Juicing Room, Violet runs off stage with her father in tow. Wonka informs the group that she will be succsessfully deflated by the Oompa Loompas. Mr. Salt then asks where the Oompas come from and Wonka starts a 1970s song about how he found the Oompas. Halfway through the song, Violet, who is now an absolutely enormous blob (and she's still getting bigger), waddles across the stage screaming for help. At the end of the song, Mr. Beauregarde runs across stage with a GIANT Violet who has now fully inflated into a massive, over-inflated ball.
An Oompa Loompa shoots a dart into Violet, and, due to her body almost perfectly replicating a balloon (MUCH bigger than your average balloon and considerably rounder), she explodes and her insides fly all over the stage and all over Mr. Beauregarde. Mr. Beauregarde begins to scream that she just exploded. Wonka orders Mr. Beauregarde to follow the Oompas down to the Juicing Room and scoop what's left of Violet out of the Pulping-Pont. Wonka orders him to be quick or else she will ferment. Mr. Beauregarde screams one more time that she exploded.