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Often celebrated for her eccentric roles and gothic beauty, Helena Bonham Carter’s life took a dramatic turn after her 13-year relationship with director Tim Burton ended in 2014. In a candid interview, the actress thus revealed the emotional toll of the breakup, comparing their separation to “death”.
Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange | image: Warner Bros. However, considering Helena Bonham Carter’s dating history, this tale of heartbreak following her separation from Tim Burton seems to be far from a simple tragedy. Because, a closer look at Carter’s past reveals a dark secret, where she herself was once accountable for shattering a real-life Harry Potter couple’s marriage.
Helena Bonham Carter’s Heartbreaking Separation from Tim Burton
Helena Bonham Carter, known for her captivating roles, eccentric charm, and larger-than-life persona, had bared her soul about the devastating split from Tim Burton, her partner of 13 years. In the 2016 issue of Harper’s Bazaar, the actress opened up about the emotional turbulence following her split from her longtime partner. During the discussion, Carter even described the end of her relationship as a period of profound grief.
Helena Bonham Carter in Ocean’s 8 (2018) | image: Warner Bros. You go through massive grief — it is a death of a relationship, so it’s utterly bewildering. Your identity, everything, changes. I’m not myself at the moment, so be careful. Everyone always says you have to be strong and have a stiff upper lip, but it’s okay to be fragile.
You’ve got to take very small steps, and sometimes you won’t know where to go next because you’ve lost yourself… It might be easier to work together without being together anymore. He always only cast me with great embarrassment.
I feel very self-sufficient at the moment. I’m just going to work out who I am on my own and it’s quite liberating. I’ve never been someone who needs to be necessarily half of something. And I have my children, which is the most important thing.
Filmmaker Tim Burton | image: Gage Skidmore, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsAs per People, Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter had initially met on the set of Planet of the Apes (2001). Thereafter, the duo collaborated on eight films, including Big Fish, Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Alice in Wonderland. Despite sharing a profound and fulfilling relationship, the pair never married. However, they shared two children, Billy Raymond and Nell, prior to their split in 2014.
Helena Bonham Carter Seemingly Became a Victim of Karma
Meanwhile, in a whirlwind of drama and emotional upheaval, as Helena Bonham Carter expressed her grief and identity loss following her separation from Tim Burton, her candid admission sparked public scrutiny. This is where the plot thickened. Before she was a heartbroken ex, Carter herself played the role of a notorious homewrecker in a real-life Harry Potter couple’s marriage.
According to reports from The Independent, in 1995, Helena Bonham Carter had an affair with Kenneth Branagh, the actor who played Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, while he was married to the Professor Sybil Trelawney actress Emma Thompson. Thereafter, Carter’s secret romance with Branagh shattered his marriage to Thompson, leaving a trail of scandal and intrigue.
Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson in Dead Again (1991) | image: Paramount PicturesFast-forward to Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton’s separation, as the actress confronted her own tumultuous breakup, it left people wondering if this was indeed a dramatic twist of fate or simply the act of karma she couldn’t escape. While Carter’s relationship with Burton began after her liaison with Kenneth Branagh, the shadow of her past actions seemed to loom large.
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