Shooting on Sweeney the Movie Begins! Wait, Why Aren't I In This?!


Ahhh, the Sweeney Todd Movie. I'll try and get over my bitter disappointment at not being cast in it (couldn't I just be an extra in Fogg's Asylum?!)...Sweeney is by far my favorite show and the ONLY show I've ever done two separate productions of. Of course Tim Burton casts Johnny Depp as Sweeney and Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett. I only worry that Tim Burton will make Sweeney TOO campy...sure, it's Halloweenishly funny and over-the-top, what with the whole killing-people-and-putting -them-in-pies motif, but it's meant to be dark and sad and Victorian; I would hate to see Sweeney look like a cross between Edward Scissorhands and Willy Wonka. Oh, wait. Too late. He actually looks like a cross between Edward Scissorhands, Willy Wonka and Cruella DeVille. My bad. Nice razor, though.