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Helena Bonham Carter: Sweeney Todd
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For British actress Helena Bonham Carter, being cast as villainous witch Bellatrix Lestrange isn't le strange at all. She's already established a predilection for unusual characters in films such as Fight Club, Big Fish, and the upcoming screen adaptation of Sweeney Todd. "Weird" isn't something that seems to bother her.
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"Sweeney Todd" star Helena Bonham Carter tried to glam it up for the film's London premiere on Thursday in this weirdly shaped red gown. An A for effort! But guess what she looked like just a few hours before!
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Bonham Carter states that the horror/musical is "not feel-good," but she adored playing the part of Mrs. Lovett in the cinematic adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical. Bonham Carter is a self-described "musical whore." "I've always loved musicals," she says. "Tim thought I was making Billy gay because that's all I'd sing to him." She even claims that singing for Sweeney Todd may have got her pregnant. "It was all the oxygen.
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