Johnny Depp: why this film was the most complicated of his career

If the adaptation ofAlice in Wonderland is one of Johnny Depp’s iconic films, it was however the most complicated of the American actor’s career for a simple and good reason.

Almost 60 years after the release of the animated film Alice in Wonderlandthe Walt Disney Pictures studio has commissioned Tim Burton to direct a new adaptation of the novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. In this feature film (available on Disney+), we follow the story of Alice Kingsleigh, a young woman of 19 years promised to an English lord whom she does not want to marry. While the latter must formalize his marriage proposal, she follows the trail of a white rabbit until she falls into a large burrow under a tree. She lands in a forest where she is greeted by the White Rabbit, the Dormouse, the Dodo, the Talking Flowers, and Tweedledum and Tweeldledee, who argue over whether Alice is “the real Alice” will return her power to the White Queen. , as Absolem the caterpillar had predicted in his epitome. In the cast of the new version ofAlice in Wonderlandwe find Johnny Depp for whom the feature film was the most complicated of his career.

Johnny Depp wasn’t a big fan of the special effects used in Alice in Wonderland

Johnny Depp is one of the most talented actors of his generation. The ex-companion of Vanessa Paradis had revealed in an interview with the daily The Independent that he already imagines the way his character comes to life in his head when he receives the script for a film. But it would seem that this method did not work at the time of the filming ofAlice in Wonderland for a simple and good reason: the special effects. As a reminder, Tim Burton’s film is a classic fairy tale that used a lot of CGI and special effects to better blend the real and the virtual. A novelty which somewhat disturbed Johnny Depp, but which did not prevent him from brilliantly embodying the Mad Hatter.

A sequel that was not unanimous

Despite this little embarrassment felt on the set ofAlice in WonderlandJohnny Depp has signed on to reprise the role of the Mad Hatter in Alice through the looking glass, the second installment of the film which is also available on Disney+. After a long sail, Alice Kingsleigh returned to London in 1875 to find herself confronted with money problems and the sexist prejudices of a corseted society. Deeply disappointed, the young woman follows Absolem, now a butterfly, and finds herself rushed once again to Wonderland. There, she learns from her friends that the Mad Hatter has lost his smile after remembering a tragic event from his youth. Unlike the first installment, the sequel flopped, grossing just $299 million at the global box office.

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