Helena Bonham Carter

[glitterpeacock]

I'm excited about this. Oh, the jewellery:

from vogue.co.uk

HELENA BONHAM CARTER will star as Elizabeth Taylor in an upcoming BBC4 film drama, Burton and Taylor, focusing on the tempestuous relationship between the celebrated film actress and Richard Burton when they appeared together in Noel Coward play Private Lives in 1983. The Wire actor Dominic West will play the role of Burton.

"I look nothing like her for a start, but it's about capturing the essence of them at a particular time," said Bonham Carter. "Elizabeth was and continues to be a fascinating woman and she was a huge star. There's no one comparable around now."

Burton and Taylor met on the set of Cleopatra when they both had partners and married in 1964. They split up in 1974, only to remarry 16 months later.

Their second marriage was also short-lived, ending in divorce in 1976. Their appearances in Broadway stage show Private Lives was the first time that the couple had featured in a theatre production together and many had hoped that the event would cause them to reunite. The pair played a stormy couple who divorce following a brief marriage, but meet and reconcile years later when they both have new partners - a storyline that was widely thought to mirror the twosome's own love story.

Taylor and Burton never did remarry for a third time, but the pair remained close and Burton later adopted her two children Liza and Maria. Burton was quoted as saying once that: "Our love is so furious that we burn each other out. I love her, not for her breasts, her buttocks or her knees, but for her mind. It is inscrutable. She is like a poem."

"Elizabeth was 51 [when she took on the role in Private Lives], still every inch a star, still beautiful and they still needed each other but this was professional," Bonham Carter told The Daily Mail. "It's about this sliver of their lives together. They were huge stars and they'd never been on stage together before."

Burton and Taylor is expected to air in autumn 2013.

 

[Not Plain Jane]

^ Yay; indeed indeed - should be fun.

Love her in that lace dress, there one wherein she's standing beside Angelica. What a lovely frock!

 

[alicia753]

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[sobriquet87]

She looks great! I'm so excited she's performing at the Oscars with the Les Miserables cast!

 

[Alvedansen]

85th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, CA - February 24, 2013

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[Not Plain Jane]

^ She looks thrilled to bits. Gotta love Helena.

 

[alicia753]

wenn.com

EXCLUSIVE Helena Bonham Carter with her son out and about in Hampstead Featuring: Helena Bonham Carter Where: London, United Kingdom When: 05 Mar 2013

 

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Helena Bonham Carter and her long time partner Tim Burton enjoy a stroll arm in arm in North West London.
March 20, 2013

 

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[Not Plain Jane]

It's nice to see her in something a little more form-fitting, and how cute are those glasses!

 

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[Not Plain Jane]

Love that black coat with the frills.

 

[BellisVintage]

That Kiss



Helena is so good in Room with a View - you can sense the passion hidden under the Edwardian costume.

I love this scene from the movie - very romantic and beautifully composed. Italy brings out the passion within.

 

[jexxica]

Dramatic Arts reception at Buckingham Palace

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HQs


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[jexxica]

Helena Bonham Carter channels Boy George at A Night of Reggae for Save The Children UK

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