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Tilda Swinton

posted 17 years ago by vdemon96
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Is beautiful! I couldn't have taken my eyes off of her even if I'd wanted to.

She played the role remarkably well! But I should have expected it, Tilda is one amazing woman.

[–] megmarch2003 17 years ago

the weird thing is, in this movie I thought she was stunning, especially in the 1860s with Shelmerdine, but when I see her in most other movies I think her looks are strangely out of place with the rest of the world.

"You can't tell me nothin' if you ain't had an 8-track." -Sinbad

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[–] vdemon96 17 years ago

Definately, I do not feel Narnia would have been as popular without her. She was incredible.

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[–] peter-schramm 12 years ago

Agree.

She's gorgeous in constantine.
and as olive in Tecknolust
and as herself in Cycling the Frame & the invisible Frame
and as the girl in Jarman's Aria segment
and as the white witch in Narnia
and in Adaptation,Vanilla Sky,& Thumbsucker
and as the investigator in The Statement
and in Friendship's Death
and in Young Adam

[–] clownson008 16 years ago

Loved her role as the androgenous angel in Constantine.

[–] chevstriss 16 years ago

she is strangley beautiful. physically she looks so pale, fragile and delicate (dare I say boney?) but those black eyes are windows into a woman made of steel.

yeah, I'd go gay for her.

my goal as an actress? to remain on payroll

[–] cmp_gr 15 years ago

Shouldn't she look like a young man at the beginning and as long as she is supposed to be a male? I think that Tilda at no moment looked like this, exactly because she is so fragile. She was not persuading in a way.

Remember her with Charlotte Valandrey. They looked just like lesbians. Well, for the whole film it may be an insignificant detail.

[–] Masey3 15 years ago

Actually she looked perfectly male.....for that time period.
The fashion was such that men tended to dress, & perhaps behave (mannerisms, etc), more effeminate (altho I realize it wasn't necessarily considered so at the time). So for that very reason I think she was quite convincing!

"Hey, how come Andrew gets to get up? If he gets up...we'll all get up...IT'LL BE ANARCHY!!"

[–] fanaticita 14 years ago

Tilda was absolutely amazing in this role. I loved the moments when she spoke to the camera. What fun!

[–] silverkid 14 years ago

Honestly, one of the best performances of all time. She was absolutely sublime.

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[–] am_buglet_82 13 years ago

I'm a heterosexual woman for the most part...but I crush so hard on her Orlando! XD

-Amanda

"She will remember your heart when men are fairy tales in storybooks written by rabbits"

[–] shurbanm 12 years ago

she looks like an alien to me. and that is not a good-looking alien at that lol

[–] hermione47 10 years ago

Tilda is amazing, whatever she does, in whichever incarnation, as a man or a woman.
She's a work of art.

[–] rudeboymurray (3241) 4 years ago

I love Tilda in many roles and I enjoyed Orlando but I do feel she is very well cast, not that this is one of her best roles. She looks the part and of course has that otherworldly beauty and strangeness about her which is perfect for this role, but I'm not sure the part requires much acting ability.