Vastly underrated actor Crispin Glover has been enlisted to play the Knave of Hearts in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland.
Glover is the latest addition to the cast that includes Mia Wasikowska who will play Alice. Also in the cast is Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, and Helena Bonham Carter.
rispin Glover (Beowulf) has signed on to play the Knave of Hearts in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland at Walt Disney Pictures.
Glover joins Mia Wasikowska as Alice and a cast that includes Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter. Burton is using a combination of live action and performance-capture technology to tell the Lewis Carroll story.
The APA-repped Glover is no stranger to performance-capture technology: He worked in the medium for “Beowulf.”
In “Alice,” the Knave of Hearts is put on trial for stealing the Queen of Hearts’ tarts and is defended by Alice.