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Helena Bonham Carter: Fight Club
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Helena Bonham Carter possesses two kinds of royalty -- one inherited and one earned. As the great-granddaughter of a prime minister (okay, not technically royalty, we know), she has, to a degree, been famous since birth; as an actress, she has been crowned the "corset queen" for her many outstanding performances in 19th century costume dramas. These include A Room with a View, Where Angels Fear to Tread, Howards End, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and The Wings of the Dove. The latter earned her nominations for an Oscar and a Golden Globe and inspired David Fincher to cast her as Marla in Fight Club, one of three American drug addicts she has played (the others being in the film Novocaine with Steve Martin and, of all places, Miami Vice).
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A conversation with actress Helena Bonham Carter about her film "Theory of Flight", for which she researched Lou Gehrig's disease. She ... discusses working with Kenneth Branagh and her upcoming film "Fight Club".
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Fans of mainstream film are getting to learn all about Helena Bonham Carter who is appearing in her first blockbuster, Planet of the Apes, this summer. The first question is “who is she?” But reminding the mainstreamers about Helena’s work in Fight Club is all it takes… Now on the verge of stardom, it is ironic that a short while ago, no one thought she would ever be able to make it big without wearing a corset.
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The film received mixed reviews, but established Helena as an actress. Her portrayal of Lucy Honeychurch in the film “A Room with a View” proved to be a milestone in her acting career. Helena gradually widened her horizons, and started appearing in recent films, such as “Fight Club”, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, “Corpse Bridge”, “Big Fish”, and “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit”. Helena Bonham Carter ... appeared in the Maxim Magazine in August 2001.
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