'Alice in Wonderland' Turns 70: Voice Actress Shares Behind-the-Scenes Secrets (Flashback)

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, where Keanu Reeves’ call to adventure arrives in the form of a white rabbit tattoo, images from the story are universal signals to the audience that our protagonist is about to go for a ride. (Of course, Laurence Fishburne later name checks Alice directly, lest there be any confusion about the Wachowskis' affinity for this allegory.) To Beaumont, as both an educator and perhaps one of the foremost leading authorities on the character, this young heroine, at the end of the day, was just someone trying to figure out the world.“[Alice] was a very analytical little girl,” Beaumont observed. “She picked up lots and lots of things that adults said.