Character spotlight video from Burn After Reading, which hits the shelves on DVD and Blu-ray on December 21. Click below to delve into Tilda Swinton’s character, Katie Cox, in the Coen Brothers’ new film.

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Tilda was interviewed in BBC: Radio 4 Woman’s Hour. You can listen to Tilda Swinton talking about the upcoming Julia movie and her career in general. To play the track you must have RealPlayer installed in your computer. Click here for the interview.

“Julia” was hit by severe budget cuts and shot in Los Angeles. Tilda said: “Shooting 17-hour days over six-day weeks, everybody with dysentery - it made that film. It’s not that we made a film about an alcoholic, but that we made an alcoholic film.” Tilda insists she had a clear idea of how she wanted to portray the struggling character, who kidnaps a millionaire’s grandson in the movie, but was also inspired by director Erick Zonka’s vision. Tilda said: “I wanted my performance to display the kind of inventiveness and imagination and energy and courage and va-va voom that I recognised in all drunks I’ve known.” Although Tilda is famous for her serious roles, she views herself as a funny person rather than a brooding actress. She added: “I think I’m funny a lot of the time - but other people don’t see it. Maybe people get put off by tall people with serious expressions?” ‘Julia’ is released on December 5.

Tilda will be the jury president of the 2009 Berlin Film Festival. “I’m pleased that the wonderful Tilda Swinton will be our jury president in 2009,” festival director Dieter Kosslick said. “Her commanding screen presence has made an indelible impression on contemporary, innovative filmmaking.” The 59th annual Berlin Film Festival will run from 5 to 15 February.
Source: 4rfv.co.uk

We need to talk about Kevin
Tilda is expected to begin filming for a screen version of one of the most controversial novels of recent years, Lionel Shriver’s haunting best-seller We Need to Talk about Kevin, in early 2009. The project is led by Glasgow director Lynne Ramsay, who has been working on a film version of the book, which addresses difficult topics including a high school massacre, for some time. It was reported yesterday that Swinton would be involved in shooting of the film, which is due to begin as early as the spring.
Source: Yahoo!

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