Pitchfork: Sunset Rubdown Inspire Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter Character - http://pitchfork.com/news...
Mar 2, 2010
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"In Tim Burton's forthcoming 3D CGI-dipped take on Alice in Wonderland, Johnny Depp plays the Mad Hatter, looking like some sort of deranged mime in the trailer. And according to Depp, his version of the character got help from an unlikely place: the music of the unhinged Canadian indie-psych band Sunset Rubdown.
Depp dropped this particular bombshell in an interview with CBS News' "Early Show" (via the Tripwire): "I get musical inspiration for the characters. Like for example, there was a band-- actually, Terry Gilliam turned me on to this band-- called Sunset Rubdown. It was a great few songs on there that just defined the Hatter for me perfectly.""
- Trent Olson