Dwayne Johnson almost starred in Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Can you imagine?!

The former wrestler-turned-actor recently shared a video of the 1971 classic Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and reminisced about being approached by Tim himself for the titular role in his 2005 adaption.

“This morning I introduced our babies to one of my all time fav films – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. They loved it and now fully expect me to deliver a room full of chocolate and candy,” he wrote in the caption. “That’ll be my next project.”

He continued, “Some cool history — back in the early 2000s, iconic director, Tim Burton had considered me to play Willy Wonka in his remake, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I remember thinking ‘HOLY S—, IM IN.”

“But that was many years ago when I was just starting out in Hollywood with no foundation of global box office strength or any real acting experience to even pull it off,” he added. “The role, of course went to Johnny Depp, who at that time was the biggest star in the world. The rest was history.”

Interesting! It would have been a totally different movie, but we would have loved it still!

Check out his post on Instagram by clicking HERE.