One of the most visionary and creative directors, Tim Burton returns to the world of stop motion animated with his new feature, The Corpse Bride, featuring the voices of Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, and Albert Finney – POSTED ON 09/15/05 BY Ethan Aames.
Burton co-directs and produces this animated film about Victor Hugo (Depp), a man who on his wedding day makes a mistake in marrying a dead woman named Emily (Carter). Torn between two vastly different worlds, he finds himself embroiled in a love triangle that will have a profound effect on everyone’s world – living and dead.
Q: How would you say that your relationship with Johnny has evolved over the years?
TIM: Well it hasn’t become sexual yet [laughs]. Ever since I met him for Edward Scissorhands, he’s maintained an artistic integrity that is amazing in a movie industry where people can get seduced by certain things. He’s always kept doing what he does and basically a great character actor in a leading man’s body. He’s always kept that integrity and that’s something for me that I find very amazing in this business.
Q: Is Johnny your muse?
TIM: I love working with him and I like to work with actors who like to change and transform and he?s certainly more like Lon Chaney or Boris Karloff than he is a leading man in terms of creating different characters. It”s just a very creative process and person to work with.
Q: But does [Johnny] reflect a certain aspect of yourself?
TIM: Well I think he’s better looking than I am. [Laughs] I would never say or pretend that that’s any sort of the case. But what’s great about him is that he always tries to get into the spirit of something. Rather than being himself, he always immerses himself in the character. Whoever he works with, he probably does that. It’s a part of his art I think. I think he does that in any role he does.
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