He has praised her as a ‘mother figure’ who helped him get to grips with acting when he was one of Hollywood’s youngest stars.
And it seems that the bond between Freddie Highmore and Helena Bonham Carter – who first appeared together on screen 24 years ago as mother and son – is still as strong as ever.
The pair were spotted chatting and laughing as they took the actress’s two Tibetan terriers for a stroll in North London last week.
Staying true to her trademark eclectic style, the 57-year-old paired black harem-style trousers with a green flowery shirt, colourful socks and black trainers, while Highmore, 31, appeared more muted in black jeans 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, in which Highmore, then aged seven and making his screen debut, played Ms Bonham Carter’s son Sam.
Co-stars Freddie Highmore and Helena Bonham Carter were both spotted
Highmore and Ms Bonham Carter famously appeared as mother and son in Tim Burton’s Charlie of the Chocolate Factory in 2005
In 2010, they were cast as stepson and stepmother in the adaptation of food writer Nigel Slater’s autobiography Toast
They were reunited in 2005, playing mother and son again, in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which was directed by Ms Bonham Carter’s ex-partner Tim Burton, and in 2010, were cast as stepson and stepmother in the adaptation of food writer Nigel Slater’s autobiography Toast.
Highmore said of Ms Bonham Carter at the time: ‘She’s one of the people who I look to as a mother-figure on set. She made sure everything was okay for me. So I always enjoy getting to work with her.’
Highmore, who is currently starring in US drama The Good Doctor, married web designer Klarissa Munz in 2021, while Ms Bonham Carter is in a relationship with academic Rye Dag Holmboe, who is 21 years her junior.
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