Helena Bonham Carter, 56, admits she jokes about 21 year age gap with boyfriend Rye Dag, 35 - Daily Mail

Helena Bonham Carter has admitted she and her younger boyfriend Rye Dag Holmboe regularly gag astir the sizeable property spread successful their relationship.

The actress, 56 - who began dating the creation historian, 35, successful 2018 - insisted her emotion is an 'old psyche successful a young body' and an 'ageless' man.

She told The Times: 'There are radical I've been progressive with who aren't needfully their age, maturity wise, whereas [Rye] is ageless.'

The Enola Holmes prima hilariously added of her toyboy: 'His eyesight is going, truthful we accidental I'm siphoning disconnected his younker astatine night.'

Cher was precocious forced to support her narration with fellow Alexander Edwards, who is 40 years younger than her. 

And portion discussing the subject, Helena said: 'Good connected men for appreciating antithetic kinds of quality and uncovering different things sexy.

'Collagen is not the lone signifier of sexiness; there's character, fun, mischief and humour. As agelong arsenic you've got the laughter, the intimacy volition beryllium there.'

The Crown prima has been successful a narration with the world for 4 years pursuing her divided from movie manager Tim Burton successful 2014.

It comes aft she told the Daily Mail's Richard Eden she felt 'very lucky' to person met Rye.

Helena and her erstwhile semipermanent partner, manager Tim Burton, 63, famously lived successful inter-connecting houses during their 13-year relationship, with each spot decorated to their ain his 'n' hers tastes and idiosyncratic styles.

However, the Daily Mail's Richard Eden reported past twelvemonth that she had made the measurement of choosing to stock a location with her world boyfriend, adjacent adding to their home bliss by adopting location rabbits.

The mates met astatine a wedding successful 2018, pursuing Helena's divided from Tim successful 2014.

Explaining however they met, she told The Guardian: 'A wholly random thing, which some of america astir didn't spell to, truthful it was 1 of those moments that was truthful accidental and ended up determining truthful much. A truly blessed accident, and it's an astonishing thing.'

Addressing the couple's 22-year property gap, the histrion antecedently said successful an interrogation with The Times:

'Everybody ages astatine a antithetic rate. My fellow is unbelievably mature. He's an aged psyche successful a young body, what much could I want?

'People are somewhat frightened of older women, but helium isn't. Women tin beryllium precise almighty erstwhile they're older.'

She shares children Billy, 18, and Nell, 14, with ex-husband Hollywood manager and writer Tim.