In Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Stephen Fry voices the Cheshire Cat.
Fry provides the voice for the striped, floating cat who appears and disappears at will in Underland. The character guides Alice at key moments and speaks in the playful, unsettling style associated with Lewis Carroll’s original creation. The film combines live-action performances with computer-generated imagery and motion-capture techniques.
Mia Wasikowska plays Alice, while Johnny Depp plays the Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter plays the Red Queen. The film is not a direct scene-by-scene adaptation of Carroll’s 1865 novel. Instead, it presents Alice as a nineteen-year-old returning to the fantastical world and becoming involved in a conflict against the Jabberwocky.
Stephen Fry’s casting is sometimes confused with Alan Rickman, who voices Absolem the blue caterpillar. Fry is also known for portraying Oscar Wilde in the 1997 film Wilde and for his extensive work in British comedy and narration.