Helena Bonham Carter Joins 'Sweeney Todd'
[Wednesday, October 18th, 2006]Helena Bonham Carter will play the diabolical meat pie-maker Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, according to Variety.
Director Tim Burton tapped Carter to co-star with Johnny Depp in the Stephen Sondheim musical.
Mrs. Lovett, a role originated onstage by Angela Lansbury, is a murderess who dispenses her victims' bodies in meat pies and becomes the amorous accomplice of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. In most stage productions, Mrs. Lovett has been about a decade older than the Demon Barber and is usually someone in her 50s; Carter and Depp are about the same age and in their early 40s.
Web rumors have "Borat" star Sacha Baron Cohen circling the role of rival barber Signor Adolfo Pirelli, but the studio would not confirm whether he'll be part of the mix.
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