MINI-ME GOES OOMPA-LOOMPA

MINI-ME GOES OOMPA-LOOMPA

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Mini-Me midget Verne Troyer is getting big buzz for his performance as an Oompa-Loompa in an upcoming movie short. "Entertainment Weekly" reports Troyer is the star of an upcoming film short, "Bit Players," which depicts the making of "Willie Wonka And The Chocolate Factory" from the point- of-view of the actors who played the Oompa-Loompas. The short film will be given a run in a Los Angeles theater so it will qualify for Oscar consideration but, even if "Bit Players" isn't nominated, Troyer says he's happy anyway because short actors don't get a chance to play anything other than "elves and leprechauns."