Yeah, trying to make the damn Mad Hatter to be Alice's love interest was astonishingly stupid and inappropriate. But Depp was a brand unto himself at that time, he could make a lot of demands.

but I don't think I can handle that much of Johnny Depp's bullshit, especially if there's a dance scene.

Behold the horror. In the theatre it was totally silent during this. The whole crowd was looking at each other in "am I really seeing this?" incredulity.