Helena Bonham Carter To Star as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd Film — Page 7

*cries*

JOHNNY DEPP CAN SELL A MOVIE!! SO CAN TIM BURTON! =)

Sorry got excited there for a sec. You guys need to stop worrying. It will be good! I'll send a little Irish luck its way.

You know my first thought when I saw the headline "Helena Bonham Carter Set To Play Mrs. Lovett In Sweeney Todd Film" my first thought was "Oh s***, there's going to be some unhappy people on Broadwayworld.com's message board," but you know I think she'll do fine with it.

I have no problems with Depp as Sweeney, Carter as Lovett, and Burton directing it, and I don't think I'll have that much of a problem with Cohen if he signs on for Pirelli.

I rather see Helena Bonham Carter than Johnny Hack.

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i'm not to bothered by helena being mrs. lovett.

but i've alwayse not wanted depp as sweeney.
i think he would be a better pirelli honestly.
he's not like buff enough to be sweeney or somethning.

This movie will be a train wreck

That's Great! They do look good together. No denying that.

Ew.


Now I hate it even more. Nice job though. Anyone else feel like they both look too... something?

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I actually think she's a better match for Depp than Streep. Though Streep would be wonderful, as usual, I just thought the idea of her paired with Depp as rather lopsided. And I would have been happy with Toni Collette. But Helena is a superb actress and I think she will fit the role like a glove. I think she's given a wonderful performance in everything I've seen her in. Even Fight Club, which I hated.

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HBC is definatly quirky enough and I think she'll do a fine, if not good job. But, like almost everyone has said before:

it's the prededtablity of the whole thing. Yes, film (like theater) is very much a commercial business, but I think Cyndi Lauper or Meryl Streep would be much more bankable than HBC. Cyndi would be fabulous, I hadn't heard that rumor. Maybe we'll get her as The Begger Women?

and, theaterdude- everything DIDN'T work out for the Rent movie. it was awful.

Regardless, I'm VERY excited to see one of my favorite musicals being made into a movie. Though I'd hoped for some more inventive casting, not just Burton's wife. Who, also, would've made quite a fantastic Begger Woman

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i did not think the rent movie was anywhere near chicago or dreamgirls...but I enjoyed it. The Larson family seemed happy with it and to me that is really what matters. Everyone has there own opinion.

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At this moment I'm willing to bet money Burton will give Sweeney a backstory involving daddy issues, just like he did with Willy Wonka. Burton only knows how to tell one story, and that story must center on an emo man-boy, so he's going to make Sweeney Todd into precisely that. His "quirky with a side of goth" aesthetic was perfect for the world of Dahl, at least, but Sondheim isn't Dahl. That's what's infuriating me most of all. That this musical, which has stood on its own as a masterpiece for decades, is now being shoved into the slot of Yet Another "Dark" Tim Burton Production, complete with the same cast members he uses in everything else. Sweeney is not Edward Scissorhands- he's not even Batman. It doesn't fit. And they should have found a director with a better sensibility for it.

Updated On: 10/18/06 at 05:45 PM