Helena Bonham Carter

 
THE 21ST QUESTION:
You appeared in two episodes of Miami Vice as Don Johnson's drug-addict girlfriend. What were the real Crockett and Tubbs like?

CARTER:
That was hysterical. It was a bit of a culture shock to be flown out from London to Miami. When they saw me they said, "She looks four years old." I was meant to play a qualified doctor so they started putting latex on me to make me look older so I wouldn't make Don Johnson look like a pedophile. That didn't really work, but I ended up doing it anyway. It was surreal. Here I was 19 or something and I was a big fan of Miami Vice. I couldn't believe it that I'd sort of stepped through into the television.

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