Helena Bonham-Carter is one of the most talented actresses in Hollywood, who has worked in a long list of successful movies. Some of her remarkable roles are in films like Fight Club, A Room with a View, Enola Holmes, Alice in Wonderland, Ocean’s Eight, The Lone Ranger, and others. The actress earned massive fame for her role as Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter series. Bonham Carter has worked with almost all the biggest stars of the 90’s however she was ready to divorce Tim Burton for working with Johnny Depp.
Helena Bonham-Carter has worked on several projects of the director and her ex-boyfriend, Tim Burton. However, she wanted the role in his film Sweeney Todd at any cost.
Helena Bonham-Carter threatened to divorce Tim Burton for Johnny Depp
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street was a musical slasher film, that featured Johnny Depp in the lead role of a serial killer who murdered his customers. Actress Helena Bonham Carter played the character of his accomplice in the creepy horror film.
Helena Bonham-Carter was very eager to be part of the film and had told her then-boyfriend Tim Burton about wanting to be cast. Burton agreed to consider her, as she was a good fit for the role. However, he still asked his ex-girlfriend to audition for the role like other actors.
The actress recalled in conversation with Female,
“He said, ‘You know, it’s up to you.’ And I said, “Of course – of course, I’ll go for it, because if I don’t get the part, at least I’ll have learned to sung or had the voice lessons that I’ve always wanted to do, so I went to a singing teacher.”
Helena Bonham-Carter told the Irish Examiner,
“I auditioned for my role – although I’d have divorced Tim if I hadn’t got it. In fact, we’re not even married, but I’d have still divorced him.”
She confided that she eventually gave an audition for the part. She added that getting the role officially was a good thing for her relationship with Burton.
Helena Bonham-Carter and Tim Burton never married, but they were together from 2001 to 2014. The couple had two children together, named Billy Raymond and Nell.
About Helena Bonham-Carter and Johnny Depp’s film Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street was released in 2007, and was taken from a screenplay by John Logan. The musical slasher film was directed by Tim Burton. The original story was from the 1970 play Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond.
The film tells the melodramatic Victorian tale of Sweeney Todd (played by Johnny Depp), an English barber who becomes a serial killer as he seeks revenge on Judge Turpin (played by Alan Rickman). Turpin had wrongfully convicted and exiled him for stealing his wife. Todd murders his customers with the help of his accomplice, Mrs. Lovett (played by Helena Bonham Carter), and then processes their bodies into meat pies.
The film was praised for the excellent performance of the cast, musical numbers, vibrant costumes, elaborate set design, and sticking to the story of the musical. Helena Bonham-Carter’s film was a commercial success and grossed $153 million against a budget of $50 million.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is available for streaming on Paramount+ and Apple TV.
Source- Irish Examiner
