Ophelia, Helena Bonham-Carter~ English

[@loulie1997]

What I love about this performance of Ophelia's madness is it feels like I’m observing someone who has completely and genuinely been overtaken by mental illness. It’s not the theatrical, over-the-top, crazy. It’s realistic and unnerving. It feels like I’m watching someone with advanced schizophrenia and it’s tragic.

[@IzayoiArwena]

Helena BC loves to play evil or mentally sick characters. Bellatrix, Morgan Le Fay

[@BerylGhermez]

​@@IzayoiArwenaneither Bellatrix nor Morgan (at least Helena's Morgan) were 'mentally sick'.

[@bloodycoffee9293]

Her character is made all the more tragic due to her being the one true innocent in all of this. Gertrude's innocence in all of this depends on what interpretations you watch, but Opheila was made out to be a needless casualty, a consequence from the actions of others.

[@sahayeda5220]

Violent Star I haven't read the play in awhile, but wasn't she aware of what Polonius was up to around that "nunnery" scene?

[@kmart3453]

Bianca Aletti she was but, she was a very young girl and couldn’t really say no to her father. Her intentions weren’t bad

[@seriliz00]

@@sahayeda5220 she wanted to listen to her father and to know what was wrong with Hamlet.

[@sweeneytodd212]

Why Helena Bonham Carter is perfect for every role; she made even sweet Ophelia terrifying.

[@Soapcookies]

then again, she was never sweet to begin with--

[@nenamtz6156]

@@Soapcookies ?

[@Soapcookies]

@@nenamtz6156 i mean she was going through a lot during the play

[@Soapcookies]

@@nenamtz6156 i do not remember typing this comment I'll b so honest with u

[@tommyt1971]

She doesn't miss a single note here but the only role I've seen her better at was Marla in Fight Club if only because she was playing a serious character with some of the greatest humorous dialog I've seen.

[@swastikausa]

Its amazing to think she has no formal training as an actress.

[@tranurse]

the only innocent in this entire play is Ophelia. everyone just screws with her. her father and Claudius force her to screw with hamlet, who is already upset. her brother has gone off to school and left her, and if he was there, he probably kept polonius from harassing her. then hamlet starts screwing with her, then he kills her father. the only man she loves has deserted her, and again killed her father. the song she sings, sort of tells her fate is sealed. even is she wasn't crazy, everyone knows or at least thinks she's been with hamlet, so no one else is going to marry her.

[@hunkymunky1704]

No one else is gonna marry her because she’s dead

[@tranurse]

@@hunkymunky1704 well at the end yes, but before she goes nuts

[@sophiajones2886]

Of all the many interpretations of Ophelia and this scene, this is definitely the most beautiful and moving performance! Helena Bonham Carter is perfect. She really brings out all the different "voices" and aspects of Ophelia, though in a very subtle and extremely realistic way.

[@beatriced222]

I definitely agree with you.

[@MissTamara1986]

Yea

[@shavindadissanayake9345]

Tragedy of a woman in patriarchal culture. Ophelia is silenced. Madness gives her a voice

[@sophiehanssel2017]

Helena Bonham Carter looks like she's 16. Best Ophelia ever!

[@ivyhill34]

The absolute BEST

[@akirachaossuta]

Well Ophelia is said to be 16 in the play

[@salutiesse]

Ikr, so surprised that she’s 23/4 here

[@MrTrevor181]

2:58 Sorry - Helen nails this...she wins hands down for playing this character insane.

[@ivyhill34]

Hands down she played the best Ophelia. She Became Ophelia.

[@natepike6147]

Poor sweet girl. An innocent playing a part of the tragedy in one of the most tragic tales ever put to paper. Bonham-Carter just slays with raw emotion........absolutely amazing.

[@misspurplerox213]

Helena Bonham-Carter, forever one of my favorite actresses. Every role she is in is utterly brilliant and this one is no exception. Truly heartbreaking but beautiful to watch.

[@Lealiciousx3]

Her pain is so relatable. I always burst into tears when I watch this. And Mrs. Carter is acting is crazy good.

[@athenathegreatandpowerful6365]

Miss. Bonham-Carter is her birth name

[@EmoNekoChan101]

That's the first interpretation I've ever heard about Ophelia's character. I always assumed based on what a lot of Shakespearean scholars have said that Ophelia went crazy due to a lot of things; that her family didn't want her to be with her boyfriend, her bf blew up at her and said awful things to her, and she wasn't sure why, and finally, her father dying was the thing that brought her to that breaking point. I don't it's it's JUST that her father died.

[@ChristinaEKidd]

I think it has mostly or all to do with Hamlet. My thoughts are inclined so due to the song she sings ("let in the maid, that out a maid never departed more," and "before you tumbled me you promised me to wed...and so would I done...an thou hadst not come to my bed") If he had indeed bedded her, she has no prospects of marrying anybody else and she knows it- perhaps he was always above her prospects, but she had hope. After all, he told her he loved her, sent her gifts, poetry- and why wouldn't a teenage girl dream of marrying a prince? But then out of the blue, he calls her a whore, tells her he never loved her, and kills her father.

[@1lucie]

Mariah Gale(2009) was okay, Kate Winslet (1996) was good but HELENA plays insane like it was her second name! She is the best Ophelia I know.

[@virustheglitch9836]

I love the way she portrays her insane characters. One day, when I'm an author, if any of my books ever get made into movies, I'd want her to play one of my insane characters

[@Choices2aa]

This is by far the best Hamlet true to the play and Helena Bonham Carter should have won an Oscar for this! I loved her In Harry Potter, Helena Bonham Carter is in a current movie with Sandra Bullock called oceans 8 check out the trailer! Its got an awesome cast

[@takebackgotham]

Good to know I wasn't the only one who didn't believe it was suicide. I actually though she slipped while being loopy and Gertrude decided the humane thing was not to rescue her from drowning.

[@jamesharness13]

3:22 I thought Claudius said "How long have you been nuts?" I laughed damn hard, that line fit perfectly in the context

[@bellamovie2]

He asked "How long has she been thus?" Which means he's asking "How long has she been this way?"

[@frederickwentz4729]

Her love for hamlet so strong that she gave herself to him because she believed he was going to make her his wife. Then when so the treachery of her father and the king his father uncle, he used her. He abused her mentally to get back at her father. We know he cared for her because when he found out that she had killed her self, He went headlong on to destroy those responsible.

[@hannalisehall6048]

Hamlet How should I your true love know Ophelia. [sings] How should I your true-love know From another one? By his cockle bat and' staff And his sandal shoon. Gertrude.Alas, sweet lady, what imports this song? Ophelia. Say you? Nay, pray You mark. [Sings] He is dead and gone, lady, He is dead and gone; At his head a grass-green turf, At his heels a stone. O, ho! Gertrude. Nay, but Ophelia- Ophelia. Pray you mark. [Sings] White his shroud as the mountain snow- Enter King. Gertrude. Alas, look here, my lord! Ophelia. [Sings] Larded all with sweet flowers; Which bewept to the grave did not go With true-love showers. Claudius. How do you, pretty lady? Ophelia. Well, God dild you! They say the owl was a baker's daughter. Lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be. God be at your table! Claudius. Conceit upon her father. Ophelia. Pray let's have no words of this; but when they ask, you what it means, say you this: [Sings] To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day, All in the morning bedtime, And I a maid at your window, To be your Valentine. Then up he rose and donn'd his clo'es And dupp'd the chamber door, Let in the maid, that out a maid Never departed more. Claudius. Pretty Ophelia! Ophelia. Indeed, la, without an oath, I'll make an end on't! [Sings] By Gis and by Saint Charity, Alack, and fie for shame! Young men will do't if they come to't By Cock, they are to blame. Quoth she, 'Before you tumbled me, You promis'd me to wed.' He answers: 'So would I 'a' done, by yonder sun, An thou hadst not come to my bed.' Claudius. How long hath she been thus? Ophelia. I hope all will be well. We must be patient; but I cannot choose but weep to think they would lay him i' th' cold ground. My brother shall know of it; and so I thank you for your good counsel. Come, my coach! Good night, ladies. Good night, sweet ladies. Good night, good night. [Exit]

[@iloveshakespeare8377]

That was amazing! I always prefer the story of Ophelia rather than anything else in Hamlet.

[@nope.13]

This is why she makes the perfect Bellatrix xD Seriously though, her acting is flawless!

[@ivyhill34]

I loved her acting

[@youtubekanal5311]

I love her😂

[@ladolcevita235]

Absolutely not. Bella is nothing like Ophelia.

[@micpowers1136]

This has got to be the biggest oscar snub of all time.Helen gives one of the best performances of all time in cinema.To not get nominated even is a crime.She is like a blast from the past.This role fit her like a glove.

[@Fatimaeljamal93]

She plays the most perfect Ophelia ever.

[@andrika1990]

Helena was the best Ophelia ever on screen! I always remember her portrayal of Ophelia's mad scene was flawless.

[@dbking4194]

Brings me to tears every time. A wonderful performance.

[@ApricotDaddy]

she is amazinggg, I would of never guessed that this was Helena Bonham-Carter!

[@ivyhill34]

Hands down she played the best Ophelia. She Became Ophelia.

[@benfrenzy]

Just because Helena Bonham Carter has repeated herself a few times - and she HAS - doesn't mean she isn't a top-notch actress. I think what people mean to say is that her acting may be diverse, but her roles sometimes aren't.

[@79eyre]

Oh so sad and heart-breaking scene...wonderful!

[@bramblelf]

I read your comment and wanted to say yes she was the best...haunting ,beautiful and you believed her

[@darthstarkiller1912]

Hard to believe all of this was years before she became synonymous with Tim Burton movies and Bellatrix in "Harry Potter". Helena Bonham Carter did an amazing job as Ophelia.

[@aisya8481]

it's been years since i fist saw zeffirelli's hamlet, but i keep coming back to it, this scene in particular. i know that his adaptation chopped off a lot of the original play, and this might be an unpopular opinion, but this is my favourite film adaptation of hamlet. helena bonham carter plays the best ophelia.

[@jasminecrawford42]

I think the fact that it's not so obsessed with being "Hamlet", is what makes it a really good adaptation. Alot of other ones are a little too Shakespearean, that some of it is lost in translation and feels very "staged".

[@pitsinokaki]

@@jasminecrawford42 Very much agree. It feels more natural.

[@MrTrevor181]

Helen's Ophelia...that's official. I love this adaption compare to Kate Winslet depiction of the character.

[@theodorajelaca7650]

+trevor bell She is so kind in this role and it fits her. I must admit that this is one of her kindest performances -Emily from Corpse Bride is also very kind. Most of her characters are not that kind .But the song that she sings isn't in the script of the play , while Kate Winslet's song''And he will not come again.He is dead , he is dead ...''e.t.c. is .We will read Hamlet for school next year and then I am gonna watch both of these movie adaptations of this play and then I am gonna decide who is my Ophelia-she or Kate Winslet .My Juliet is Olivia Hussey .She played Juliet in the movie Romeo and Juliet from 1968.She is so sweet and she is perfect for her -in my opinion .Who is your Juliet? -since I know who your Ophelia is .

[@79eyre]

+Theodora Jelaca it is in the play look: Quoth she, ‘Before you tumbled me,You promised me to wed.’He answers,‘So would I’a done, by yonder sun,And thou hadst not come to my bed.’ (IV.v.64 - 8)

[@cathycath]

I GOT CHILLS! OH MY GOD! SHE DESERVE AN AWARD FOR THIS! SHE'S SO AWESOME.

[@IamFreeRu]

Best film interpretation of Shakespeare's Hamlet! Mel Gibson is the best! Helena Carter as Ophelia is far better than Kate Winslet as Ophelia.

[@chryskiddrocks]

Her "I hope all will be well" absolutely breaks me.

[@AdaCrowley]

Perfectly done.

[@SakuraMochiKitty]

I remember watching this in high school...when I saw Helena was in this movie, I couldn't help but think, "BELLATRIX!"

[@swastikausa]

hbc has such a beautiful voice and such flawless skin. I wonder who would win in a fight, her or winona ryder. bride of frankenstein vs bride of dracula.

[@christiananderson4909]

They really sell her as the beating heart of the play, as she is. . .

[@tont760]

Her only strength is to not overthink her suicide, and she steps to it, with determination, unlike Hamlet who cannot bring himself to do it at the beginning of the play. She does not share in his overthinking on the event.

[@vilmadb]

It was an honor to see this performance. A true acting chair.

[@janrosomak]

5:50 OH.MY.GOD. Never heard a cry like that before.

[@bphussar]

When I saw Glenn Close, I screamed. I fucking love her!

[@tompaulcampbell]

Even when disheveled and mad, HBC is radiant!

[@FoxyGrandpa]

i've only seen her recent-ish stuff (the burton films...) and i NEVER understood the appeal. so..she's basically the same in every movie, and her only singing is like a sing speak. but this...my god! go back to this!! 5/5 for sure,

[@cauldronclique6929]

FoxyGrandpa She was married to him, and that's just how Hollywood works, dude. The same thing happened with the chemistry between Winona Ryder and Christian Slater; she started dating Depp, so no more movies with Slater. It's fucked up.

[@RestlessHarp]

Now, THIS is how you play Ophelia!

[@adripantsonfire]

god, i get chills all over every time she cries out like that. helena.

[@dabooser1048]

Helena is amazing, and so beautiful.

[@andrika1990]

Honestly her and Ophelia are absent at the same moment, I know both could have been anywhere, but we know sometime between when Laertes and Claudius are plotting against Hamlet Ophelia drowns so we have to fill in the gaps, did Gertrude end up down near the brook with Ophelia? Probably. How else could sh describ her death in such vivid detail? No report told back to her could have been so detailed if they only found her body they wouldn't have known what happened. "They" meaning a castle servant

[@alexnikita5005]

Great as always, amazing woman Helena Bonham Carter 👏❣🍀👩‍🎓🌱

[@kamillaiqbal6156]

I loved her in Harry Potter and Merlin especially because she looked so beautiful.

[@MagyarRose]

No, she went mad because she had given herself to Hamlet before he had declared a love for her and a desire to marry her, and he rejected her afterwards, like a lot of guys do when a woman becomes emotionally attached after love making. Especially in those days, the only future a woman of her stature had was marriage or the convent.

[@andrika1990]

No you're definitely not! Honestly Gertrude's narration of her wandering off to the brook speaks volumes. I think Shakespeare was trying to make the audience guess on the mark. She seems so remorseless describing it as if she saw it, I saw nothing but cowardice in her composure as if she'd done a bad thing when she tells Laertes. I assumed she pushed her or held her under even. I mean she carries alot of guilt as a character her line before Opehlia walks in tells us this----

[@OceanLilly13]

She always did crazy well

[@P0TTERMAN]

@takebackgotham I agree, I think Gertrude knows that Ophelia isn't aware of herself and her death was relief from grief-stricken suffering.

[@maryjane4teamhelena]

awww!!!! poor baby!! little hellie is so cute!!

[@KurosawaSE]

God, she's wonderful!!

[@HOLYBLACK513]

I'm was today years old when I found out that Helena Bonham Carter played the role as Ophelia,, my God she's really a great actress, she played very good 😊😊❤.

[@Tinybeequeen]

I feel like Drusilla's character in Buffy was closely influenced by this performance

[@katehillier1027]

I just love Helena bonham carter as the mad orphelia, perfect.

[@pitsinokaki]

Incredible.

[@beatriced222]

OMG She was amazing in this one!

[@aleksandrap.5088]

it is easy to play madness, but she's done it very well.

[@yallowrosa]

one of best Hamlet ever ...

[@myettechase]

God, what a talent.

[@andrika1990]

Yeah why does everyone always assume it was suicide? I would sooner assume murder seeing that Gertrude knew too many details about her death almost as if she were present at the time it happened. But theres no proof so it remains an accident.

[@Angel-xd9lt]

Helena Boham Carter was amazing in Hamlet and The Crown and she embodied the role and Kate Winlset also played her in Hamlet in 1996. No matter how you cut it Shakespeare is a genius and I always loved his plays Hamlet Macbeth Romeo and Juliet and Othello and I wish Shakespeare was alive to talk about his plays they are brilliant. What is amazing about Ophelia's Madness is much like Lady Macbeth they both are tragic characters. Seeing someone desent into madness its haunting . So many tragic characters in real life have gone mad in real life. Its very sad.

[@dizi90lizi]

Cried a little bit =( Must buy DVD! H.B.C = Brilliant actress.

[@Skybaby79]

I'll give this this, that set is amazing!

[@Zenobiadream]

To think Helena had no formal training here. A gifted actress

[@christinatrahin2103]

One of the best female actors.. such magnificent performance showing the break of insanity

[@thisiskrista]

I'm reading your comments... Hamlet did not mess with her. He became angry with her because he thought the two of them were in love, and she posed herself as a trap on the behalf of her father and Hamlet's uncle (his enemy). Hamlet asked her to be honest with him and she lied to his face. Imagine the betrayal Hamlet felt... that the love of his life sided with his enemies rather than him. Killing her father was a mistake... he thought her father was his uncle the king. And he felt terrible about it.

[@PekanChan]

Goodness, she is brilliant.

[@TheCrazeeBakerz]

Oh my gosh! She is soooo young :D

[@subelotodo999]

Her acting in this movie is so great! I was so shocked when my teached showed us this clip and I saw her acting. So good..

[@NecroMon99]

Best version IMO

[@brianlewis4941]

She fucking nails it.

[@filthyfeathers]

this was my favorite part of the movie :D

[@vanessac1965]

I've never seen anyone do Ophelia better than her

[@rocktalon2]

@witchywoman4u12 Your analysis in the description of Helena's performance is thought-provoking. I agree.

[@mumsthatvlog1284]

At what point was the O’ what a noble mind is here o’erthrown? Have watched it and don’t recall the speech?

[@flow4458]

Damn, is that Bellatrix Lestrange?

[@cutiepie-lh7fj]

Yep

[@beatriced222]

That's Helena Bonham Carter,the actress that also played Bellatrix.

[@JohnSmith-ei2pm]

This is the most sexy interpretation of Ophelia I could imagine. She can also sing; she puts many so called 'singers' being paid a fortune to shame.

[@sarahha4592]

I love this film and find it incredible that my name is also Ophelia

[@RoseandGracexxx]

lol shes so sweet !! I love it when shes mad :)

[@Choices2aa]

Ophelia is my favorite tragic character in William Shakespeare along with Juliet and her Romeo! Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer's Night's Dream, Richard 111, my favorites and I love Shakespeare I would like to visit London, England Stratford I think?

[@suelendacruzteixeira2089]

Helena Carter is soprano! 4:03

[@Farouk04839]

What’s the name of the background song please ?

[@julianinaction96]

WHO IS THE LONG HAIR DUDE AT @ 4:57 ?

[@Orbsense]

She didn't even know Tim until 2001, this was 1990.

[@dbking4194]

For me the best Ophelia.

[@andrika1990]

"So full of artless jealousy is guilt it spills itself in fearing to be spilt" You have to wonder what she means by this line but alot of clues tell us, I don't exactly see her innocent in her husbands demise, so why wouldn't she be capable of murder twice? Even if she didn't have a direct hand in it she KNEW> also when Ophelia exits the story for the last time after handing out flowers, at that point the only people present are the king and her brother in the next scene. Where was Gertrude?

[@reeenay25]

wow. just wow

[@ginnyisdacoolest]

Jesus she can act.

[@dbking4194]

IMO this is the best Hamlet. I also prefer the the original period setting.

[@MrJosephFrank]

And it's a shame that Kate Winslet and Natalie Portman are also called actresses. A shame. Surely the greatest actress of our days.

[@melissakingston4767]

So please find a 1991 Helena bomham carter in a 10 feet tall Version of the scene. You can make one if you like.

[@mediocremaiden8883]

Without judgement and laughter (at least to my face ;) can someone explain this to me because Wikipedia just isn't..'Get Thee To a Nunnery' ? I just can't grasp a lot of this play *red faced*