Ever since Tim Burton and Johnny Depp announced they were collaborating on a film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Sweeney Todd, film-savvy internet gossip queens have been salivating over who will play the choice role of Mrs. Lovett, the deranged baker who makes people into pies.
Some gossips insisted an offer had gone out to Meryl Streep, who, the story goes, turned it down. Columnist David Poland strongly hinted that Toni Collette had won the part, which he then redacted.
Today, the decision was announced, and the actress who’s nabbed the coveted role (typically played by a woman in her fifties) is….drumroll please…the mother of Burton’s wombfruit, Helena Bonham Carter.
That’s right, folks. The non-singing former period-piece starlet - whose recent claim to fame has been making cameo appearances in her man’s films - was apparently the best choice for a role that every actress over 30 on both sides of the Atlantic was likely having hot flashes over.
At least Steven Spielberg waited till Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was in production to start shtupping Kate Capshaw.
Carter nabs a killer role. [Variety]
so!Nobody cares!talking about burton like tht is stupid!!!