Planet of the Apes star is expecting

British actress Helena Bonham Carter is expecting her second child with US movie director Tim Burton.

The 41-year-old star met Burton on the set of Planet of the Apes, which the film-maker directed.

The couple already have a three-year-old son, Billy, but Bonham Carter had recently expressed her desire for another child, saying: "We've got to get on with it. To-do list: have sex. At right time."

The star's spokeswoman confirmed the good news, saying: "Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton are very happy to be expecting their second child later this year."

Bonham Carter has marked out her career as a talented British actress starring in Howard's End, A Room With a View and Fight Club opposite Brad Pitt.

US filmmaker Burton, 48, is famous for directing fantasy movies such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow.

Burton moved to the UK to be with Bonham Carter but the couple have an unconventional living arrangement, sharing two houses with an adjoining corridor.

After having her first baby, the London-born actress said: "It's like an explosion of heart, love, everything - and it's extraordinary.

"It's changed everything. Everybody told me it would, and, of course, I didn't really listen, and there's no real way of describing it."

Burton, who was at the birth said: "It was like my own private Alien movie. I'll tell you, it was the weirdest thing I've ever seen. It was amazing."

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