Johnny Depp and "Alice" back for new adventure

Record ID: 102172

  • Title: Johnny Depp and "Alice" back for new adventure
  • Date: 24th May 2016
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (MAY 23, 2016) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** WIDE SHOT OF RED CARPET SACHA BARON COHEN JOHNNY DEPP ON THE RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOHNNY DEPP ON WORKING ON THE FILM UNDER DIRECTOR JAMES BOBIN, SAYING: "Each filmmaker, each director has their own approach. With this, James Bobin was very brave to come in and say, 'OK, I'm going to take this language that Tim Burton created, the visuals for this film and take that and do my bit to it and make it my own. That is a very brave thing to do when the guy before you is Tim Burton. I thought James came in and did a great, great job." JOHNNY DEPP AND SACHA BARON COHEN ON THE RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOHNNY DEPP ON THE FILM'S GIRL POWER MESSAGE, SAYING: "This story is some 150 years old. Not only does it still stand up, it still resonates, it's still surreal, it's still absurd. But, what it did at that time to make the lead character, this young girl, who by far was the hero of the story. It is something that broke through a long time ago and is shocking to me that that incredibly popular and incredibly brilliant book made that much of an impact, than how did it not start progressing then. I think we might have been a little ahead of ourselves and might be in a better position now." PAN FROM MIA WASIKOWSKA TO ANNE HATHAWAY (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANNE HATHAWAY ON THE FILM AND THE MESSAGE SHE GOT FROM IT, SAYING: "When I watched the film I was really inspired and I thought what else could I do that with. The one thing that was applicable to me who was once an actress who was 17 in Hollywood and who is now 33 is the narrative that somehow women lose their power when they get older. I don't think that is true and I think that if you ask any woman and any man that question I don't think that they would think it was true. So why do we use language and tell stories that support that idea. If we stop than it will stop." JOHNNY DEPP AND MIA WASIKOWSKA ON THE RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) MIA WASIKOWSKA ON ALICE, SAYING: "I think she is so cool and I think she has a strong sense of who she is. She doesn't let anyone get into that or get under her skin. She is feisty and fantastic and I love playing her." PAN FROM SIGN TO RED CARPET
  • Embargoed: 8th June 2016 07:40
  • Keywords: Johnny Depp Anne Hathaway Alice Through the Looking Glass
  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION
  • City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Film
  • Reuters ID: LVA0024J615JH
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: "Pink" provided a rocking start to the premiere of Disney's "Alice Through the Looking Glass" on Monday (May 23) with a live performance that energized the crowd lining Hollywood Blvd.
    That made it easy for stars Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway to hit the red carpet for the long awaited sequel to the smash hit, "Alice in Wonderland."
    Directed by Matt Bobin and based on the characters created by Lewis Carroll, the new film finds Alice returning to the whimsical world of Underland in an effort to save her friend the Mad Hatter. The cast for "Alice Through the Looking Glass" is very familiar and one that includes Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska and Helena Bonham Carter.
    And while Bobin has taken over the filmmaking duties from Tim Burton, Johnny Depp is pleased with how things worked out.
    "Each filmmaker, each director has their own approach," Depp told Reuters. "With this, James Bobin was very brave to come in and say, 'OK, I'm going to take this language that Tim Burton created, the visuals for this film and take that and do my bit to it and make it my own.' That is a very brave thing to do when the guy before you is Tim Burton. I thought James came in and did a great, great job."
    While the Lewis Carrol's classic novels, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" date back more than 150 years, the books' "girl power" message clicked with Hathaway.
    "When I watched the film I was really inspired and I thought what else could I do that with," said Hathaway, who's now balancing being a new mom with her busy career. "The one thing that was applicable to me who was once an actress who was 17 in Hollywood and who is now 33 is the narrative that somehow woman lose their power when they get older. I don't think that is true and I think that if you ask any woman and any man that question I don't think that they would think it was true. So why do we use language and tell stories that support that idea. If we stop than it will stop."
    The film also stars Matt Lucas and Sacha Baron Cohan with Pink providing the movie's soundtrack.
    "Alice Through the Looking Glass" opens in Theaters on May 27.
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