Helena Bonham Carter will fill Angela Lansbury's shoes as Mrs. Lovett in Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd. She will star opposite Johnny Depp who plays the title character.
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.
Sacha Baron Cohen aka Ali G is in talks to join the cast as Signor Adolfo Pirelli. Shooting begins early next year for a late Christmas 2007 release. It will be shot entirely in England.
Helena only got the role from sucking the director's fug dick! I mean, she'll probably be good but I can't help thinking that there were better hos out there. Tim Burton of course has a history casting his main bitch in all of his movies.
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