I used to believe that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was based on a true story, because there’s a real life candy company that was called “Willy Wonka” at the time.
A childhood belief about films

others believed things like this
- I used to think that when a movie was 'based on a true story' it was happening for real then and there— Tom
- i used to think that "the king and i" was a musical based around the life of priscilla presley— erin
- I used to believe that electricity was manufactured in a factory in a place called 'Electriz City'.— Sally
- When I was 10, I thought that nausea was called Lack-O-Candy Disease. My mom made it up— Teddybearhaha
- I used to believe that the heart at the beginning of the I Love Lucy Show was made of real chocolate.— Krissa
- I thought if you took some candy and buried in the yard, you would grow a candy tree.Anon