He has praised her as a ‘mom determine’ who helped him become familiar with performing when he was certainly one of Hollywood’s youngest stars.
And it appears that evidently the bond between Freddie Highmore and Helena Bonham Carter – who first appeared collectively on display screen 24 years in the past as mom and son – continues to be as sturdy as ever.
The pair had been noticed chatting and laughing as they took the actress’s two Tibetan terriers for a stroll in North London final week.
Staying true to her trademark eclectic type, the 57-year-old paired black harem-style trousers with a inexperienced flowery shirt, vibrant socks and black trainers, whereas Highmore, 31, appeared extra muted in black denims and a jacket, a blue shirt and pink-and-blue baseball cap.
The pair met on the set of the 1999 comedy Women Talking Dirty, by which Highmore, then aged seven and making his display screen debut, performed Ms Bonham Carter’s son Sam.
They had been reunited in 2005, taking part in mom and son once more, in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which was directed by Ms Bonham Carter’s ex-partner Tim Burton, and in 2010, had been solid as stepson and stepmother within the adaptation of meals author Nigel Slater’s autobiography Toast.
Highmore stated of Ms Bonham Carter on the time: ‘She’s one of many individuals who I look to as a mother-figure on set. She made certain all the things was okay for me. So I all the time get pleasure from attending to work together with her.’
Highmore, who’s at present starring in US drama The Good Doctor, married internet designer Klarissa Munz in 2021, whereas Ms Bonham Carter is in a relationship with educational Rye Dag Holmboe, who’s 21 years her junior.
