Alice in Wonderland: Helena Bonham Carter says toddler inspired portrayal of Red Queen

Published: 3:47PM GMT twenty-five February 2010

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The 43-year-old singer told how she formed her purpose in the new 3D movie, destined by her father Tim Burton, on her dominant toddler.

Bonham Carter explained: ""I thought well she"s a toddler, since she"s got the big head, she"s a oppressor - a toddler tyrant, toddlers are tyrants.

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""The no magnetism for any alternative vital quadruped - that"s the toddler in fact.

""No empathy, only commands. She only bosses us around - dictatorship. No please, no appreciate you. "Mummy come here" "Mummy go" "Mummy! Watch telly."

""An an additional toddler peculiarity - it"s all about me, it"s all about her, never considers us, ask, ask, ask. So the toddler thing was a big inspiration.""

Burton"s understand of Lewis Caroll"s books, that sees a 19-year-old Alice lapse to Wonderland to find it underneath the order of the Red Queen, is a Disney prolongation rated PG, but has the director"s customarily dim turn to the tale.

However, the expel demand their young kids were gay by the adventure.

Johnny Depp, who stars as The Mad Hatter and is father to ten-year-old Lily-Rose and seven-year-old Jack with partner Vanessa Paradis, said: ""My kids essentially saw the film, since I send them out there on the frontlines. They saw it and desired it and went funny for it, quoting things from it and thought it was extraordinary - desired each character, and weren"t freaked out by it at all.""

Bonham Carter revealed: ""We have dual children. We have two-year-old Nell, and she"s up for anything.

""Today she was examination her dad do breakfast radio and sadly she wasn"t that meddlesome in observant Daddy, she only unequivocally longed for to see the monsters again, when she saw the Alice clips.

""She kept observant "Alith in Wonderland. Telly. Thwitch. Alith. On." She"s got a lisp.

""And I kept observant "No, no you"re going to have to wait for for the DVD to come out" and she pronounced "No! Monthterth!" She"s up for anything.

""Billy is going to see it tonight and it could be a disaster. He"s 6 and it could be since he"s sensitive. We"ll see, to be honest, he saw it being done so he knows it"s pretend.""

Burton joked: ""I think you with a hulk head competence dismay him. If you see a child using from the entertainment tonight...

Bonham Carter added: ""That"s Billy Burton!""