<Li> Mairi Ella Challen portrayed Alice as a six - year - old girl . </Li> <Li> Helena Bonham Carter as Iracebeth of Crims, the Red Queen . She is an amalgamation of two Carroll characters: the Red Queen and the Queen of Hearts . Her first name is a play on the word irascible because she is easily irritated, obstreperous, impatient, and quick to anger . Bonham Carter's head was digitally increased to three times its original size on screen . The character hates animals, and chooses to use them as servants and furniture . It is implied that the Red Queen beheaded her former husband, the King . The actress took inspiration from her young daughter Nell, a toddler, stating that, "The Red Queen is just like a toddler, because she's got a big head and she's a tyrant ." </Li> <Li> Anne Hathaway as Mirana of Marmoreal, the White Queen . She was one of few characters that did not require digital manipulation . Hathaway summed up her character with a caption on a magnet of Happy Bunny holding a knife; "Cute but psycho . Things even out ." According to Hathaway, "She comes from the same gene pool as the Red Queen . She really likes the dark side, but she's so scared of going too far into it that she's made everything appear very light and happy . But she's living in that place out of fear that she won't be able to control herself ." Hathaway described her interpretation of the White Queen as "a punk - rock vegan pacifist", with inspiration drawn from Debbie Harry, Greta Garbo, and the artwork of Dan Flavin . Burton said that the White Queen's appearance was inspired by Nigella Lawson . </Li> <Li> Crispin Glover played Ilosovic Stayne, the Knave of Hearts . The Knave of Hearts is arrogant and tricky . While he follows the Red Queen's every order, he is the only one capable of calming her dramatic mood swings . Glover said, "The Red Queen has a fair amount of short - tempered reactions to things that people do, and so (the Knave) has to be quite diplomatic ." The Red Queen believes that the Knave of Hearts is her lover, but this proves to be false . </Li>

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