rebecca ferguson played the white queen alice in wonderland.
who plays the white queen alice in wonderland?
rebecca ferguson
in the movie, iracebeth has banished her sister from "underland" out of jealousy; mirana, having taken a vow never to harm another living thing, is helpless to fight back and must wait years for the "frabjous day," when a "champion" will arrive and slay the jabberwocky, iracebeth's fearsome pet. that champion arrives in alice (mia wasikowska), now a young woman, who initially thinks she is having a recurring dream. by the film's climax, however, alice accepts her destiny and slays the jabberwocky, restoring rulership of wonderland to the white queen. mirana banishes her sister and bids alice goodbye. despite her benevolent and kind attitude, anne hathaway remarks that on the inside, the white queen is just as sadistic as her sister, if not more so, and has surrounded herself with an elegant, airy and blissful atmosphere, out of fear she will not be able to control her true nature. this side to her character is hinted at after alice remarks that mirana cannot imagine the horror that goes on inside the red queen's castle, yet mirana - whilst holding a knife - coldly replies, "oh yes, i can." mirana apparently is not above cruel punishment such as having her sister exiled to the outlands for the rest of her days where nobody is to show her kindness or say a word to her. mirana also had the knave of hearts unwillingly kept in iracebeth's company for the rest of his life.
white queen (through the looking-glass)
the knave informs the red queen that alice threatens her reign, which makes her order him, the red knights and a bloodhound (who has a wife and children imprisoned) to find alice immediately. meanwhile, alice enters the tulgey woods where she is greeted by a grinning vanishing cheshire cat who guides her to the mad hatter, the march hare and the dormouse's tea party. the hatter explains to alice that he joined the resistance because the red queen destroyed his entire village and killed his family when she first ruled wonderland, he later helps alice to avoid capture by allowing himself to be seized instead. later, alice is found by the bloodhound, but alice insists upon helping the hatter. at salazen grum castle, the red queen notices alice when she ate upelkuchen (a cake labeled 'eat me' which makes the consumer grow) during a game of croquet with flamingos and hedgehogs, but is unaware of her true identity because alice pretended to be called "um" and therefore welcomes her as a guest. alice learns that the vorpal sword, the only weapon capable of killing the jabberwocky, is locked inside the den of the bandersnatch. the knave attempts to seduce alice, but she rebuffs him, causing the jealous red queen demand for alice to be beheaded. alice obtains the sword and befriends the bandersnatch by returning its eye. she then escapes on the back of the grateful bandersnatch and delivers the sword to the white queen, she generously gives her a potion that returns her normal size and rewards her a suit of armor when she battles the jabberwocky. the cheshire cat saves the mad hatter from the executioner by disguises himself as him in exchange for borrowing his beloved hat, and the hatter calls for rebellion against the red queen, which all her subject agreed and started to shout out "down with bloody big head." the rebellion is quickly put down when the jubjub bird begins to kill every unloyal subjects, but the resistance frees the bloodhound's family and flees to the white queen's castle, and both armies prepare for battle on frabjous day. the caterpillar finally gets alice to remember that she have been to wonderland when she was a little girl, and advises her to fight the jabberwocky just before completing his transformation into a pupa.
alice in wonderland (2010 film)