Mia Wasikowska admits that she was nervous about taking on the role of Alice.
The twenty year old actress stars in Tim Burton's reworking of the popular novel and reveals that she was worried about take on such an iconic literary character.
She told Contactmusic: ""There's a certain amount of pressure and a little amount of anxiety when it comes to Alice, because she's such an iconic character and so many people know her.
"Very early on, you know you are not going to please everyone. The most important thing was making the character my own."
The actress is best known for her work in TV series In Treatment and Alice In Wonderland is her first big movie role.
She stars alongside Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway in the movie as nineteen year old Alice who returns to Wonderland.
Alice In Wonderland is released 5th March.
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