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While Swinton is as strangely delightful in the role as you would hope Tilda Swinton to be, it won't negate the controversy over her character's whitewashing, but here too, Marvel will learn and they will course correct.

The casting is so perfectly done: lank - haired Hiddleston embodies Byronic languor, while Swinton — elegantly sauntering in palest robes, as if she's just stepped off the Catwalk of the Ancients — exudes knowing mischief, wit, and erudition.

The movie features big performances (Gyllenhaal oscillates between squeaky Willy Wonka to drunken Steve Irwin, while Swinton, in braces and a blonde bob, is a twisted delight), big action (including a thrilling chase sequence through Seoul set to mariachi music), and some big pigs (that look like inflated Fiona the baby hippopotamuses).

His mid-career actors like Goldblum, Dafoe and Brody make further appearances while Swinton, Norton and Keitel add themselves to the mix again following Moonrise Kingdom.

Not exact matches

While the Rhinos were brushing aside Doncaster in Challenge Cup action last weekend the Giants were embarrassed by Championship side Swinton Lions on home soil.

And he's the closest we get to complex: Swinton is basically Yoda without the humour, while poor Chiwetel Ejiofor has nothing to do but stamp and scowl as her sturdy sidekick Mordo.

Armando Iannucci is leaving the world of political satire for a while in order to take on Charles Dickens's 1850 novel David Copperfield, and he will be joined by Tilda Swinton and Hugh Laurie.

While Tilda Swinton's casting caused some controversy with the comic's fans, she's getting terrific reviews for her performance.

Typically of an Anderson film, the cast is a who's - who of Hollywood talent, including Tilda Swinton, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton and Bill Murray, while the New England setting proves utterly apt for this funny, romantic (and admittedly, slightly warped) love story.

The subplot involving Baird Whitlock's abduction by a group of jaded Communist screenwriters is a total bore, while many of the big - name actors (like Tatum, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes) only appear in one or two scenes each.

That doesn't excuse the fact that the film's premise took inspiration from Asian cultures only to cast a Caucasian actress, while as talented as Tilda Swinton is, there was no point in having her in the role.

We get a glimpse at a day in the life of Mannix, as he sorts out a pregnancy scandal with a single actress (Scarlett Johansson), manages a cowboy star's (Alden Ehrenreich) miscasting in an art film, and searches for a missing debauched Hollywood favorite (George Clooney); all while keeping twin journalists (both played by Tilda Swinton) off his back.

Director Bong Joon - Ho brings back Tilda Swinton whom he worked with on Snowpiercer while studding the cast out with other notable names such as Paul Dano, Lily Collins, Steven Yeun, Devon Bostick, Daniel Henshall, Shirley Henderson, Giancarlo Esposito, and Jake Gyllenhaal.

He doesn't so much have supporting players in the film as he does an extended family of cherished guests who he invites to stay for a while, relax and soak up the ambience: French it girl Léa Seydoux has a part as a maid which may as well be non-speaking; Owen Wilson plays one of M Gustave's concierge brethren and gets a line (if not a laugh); even Tilda Swinton makes a flying visit to Wesworld, caked in gristly prosthetics as an ageing dowager who drops dead after her first and only scene, her passing acting as deus ex machina for an elaborate art heist involving the whereabouts of the apocryphal, priceless chef d'oeuvre, «Boy With Apple».

And while Cruz struggles a little, much of the rest of the cast, particularly in the smaller roles (Noah Taylor, Tilda Swinton, Timothy Spall, Jason Lee and especially Kurt Russell as Cruise's psychiatrist, raging at the revelation that he's a figment of his imagination) are wonderful.

Dakota Johnson plays the role of the ballerina, while the supporting cast includes Chloë Grace Moretz, Mia Goth, and, of course, Tilda Swinton.

Swinton has already confirmed her involvement in the project while the other actors are in various stages of discussions, and though official offers have not gone out yet, they're expected to shortly.

Just this last weekend it was revealed that he's tempted Chris Evans away from shield - slinging for a while to star, and now comes word that Tilda Swinton and Jamie Bell are in talks to join him.

«Kevin,» a psychological drama in which Tilda Swinton played the mother of a young killer, came nine years after «Callar,» in which Samantha Morton played a woman who leaves the body of her boyfriend, after his suicide, at home while she goes out to party.

Amongst the rest of the ensemble is F. Murray Abraham as the older version of the Zero character; Edward Norton as policeman Henckels, Mathieu Amalric as Serge, and Saoirse Ronan as the young love interest Agatha, while Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Lea Seydoux, Jeff Goldblum, Jason Schwartzman, Jude Law, Tilda Swinton, Harvey Keitel, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Murray and Owen Wilson round things out.

Other notable highlights include period dramas — Julianne Moore in a buzzy role in Haynes» latest period drama, «Wonderstruck,» as well as Michel Hazanavicius» «Le Redoutable» — and offerings due to be distributed by nontraditional streaming networks: both Baumbach's «The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected),» starring Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman, and Emma Thompson, and Bong Joon - ho's «Okja,» starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tilda Swinton, hail from Netflix, while Lynne Ramsay's «You Were Never Really Here» is an Amazon Studios production.

Even taking into the account the Brit favouritism that got her here in the first place, I can't imagine Tilda Swinton's performance sparking enough enthusiasm to give her a second straight win here, while I suspect it was name recognition alone that got Adams here ahead of her more - admired co-star.

While none of Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Saoirse Ronan, F. Murray Abraham, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum or any of the other names in the film has the drawing power that Roberts did in 2000, the fact that so many recognizable actors were assembled for the same film made them a type of collective draw — a fact which the film's marketers seized upon with highly colorful promotional posters highlighting the above names and many more.

Daniel Day - Lewis won Best Actor at the Oscars Daniel Day - Lewis and Tilda Swinton swept Britain to glory at the 80th Academy Awards while No Country For Old Men was the biggest film of the ceremony.

Benedict Cumberbatch is pitch - perfect as the cocky yet charming title character, while the rest of the cast (particularly Tilda Swinton) turn in great work.

Swinton will play a senior teacher at the dance school, while Johnson portrays the young ballerina.

Tilda Swinton makes for a terrifically affable Ancient One, while Rachel McAdams shines as an «ordinary» person finding herself at the centre of some very abnormal goings on.

The newsstand edition depicts Benedict Cumberbatch casting a spell as the Sorcerer Supreme, while the subscriber cover features a group shot of Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Baron Karl Mordo, Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One and Benedict Wong as Wong.

Tilda Swinton is set to play Strange's mentor The Ancient One, while Rachel McAdams has also been rumored for an as of yet unconfirmed role.

Inspired by the «European Hollywood» of Ernst Lubitsch and Billy Wilder (and with a title seemingly inspired by the 1932 Best Picture winner «Grand Hotel «-RRB-, the film is toplined by Anderson first - timers Ralph Fiennes (stepping in for Johnny Depp as Mr. Gustave) and Saoirse Ronan, with Jude Law, F. Murray Abraham and Mathieu Amalric making their Wes World debuts, while Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Tilda Swinton and Jeff Goldblum all come back for second, third or (in Wilson and Murray's case) sixth helpings.

I hope they get it right, because the part where Tilda Swinton knocks Strange out of his body and then he says, «Teach me» while looking up at her worshipfully is basically all of my Tilda - related dreams.

Tilda Swinton, surprisingly, doesn't look as crazy as expected, and again, while it's cool they gender - bent the role of the Ancient One for her, it still sucks that also means they white - washed an Asian part.

The soundfield started quite subdued while we spent most of our time at the Swinton home.

Tilda Swinton plays the evil CEO, while an ensemble cast of strong talent provides support.

While maybe not quite as tight as this category was in 2007, at which time we guessed correctly that Tilda Swinton would take the trophy from the likes of Cate Blanchett, Amy Ryan, and Ruby Dee practically by default, once again Best Supporting Actress is giving Oscar prognosticators everywhere the fear of — gasp!

The most recent revealing indie actor Josh Higgins (Hellion) auditioned for a role in New Mutants, while a bit longer ago we discovered Alexa Swinton (Billions) had read for the role of Marie (Rogue?)

Frances McDormand and Greta Gerwig are on hand for some Anglophone interpretation and guidance, while F. Murray Abraham and Tilda Swinton, although both brilliantly cast as soothsayers of Trash Island, feel incredibly underutilized.

While it does appear that the people behind Doctor Strange gave some thought to avoiding stereotypes, many have questioned why Tilda Swinton was cast as The Ancient One.

Brendan Gleeson is an pleasant surprise in the Best Supporting Actor category, and while I anticipated Brad Pitt's appearance in that field for «Burn After Reading,» Tilda Swinton's Supporting Actress nod for the same film is the kind of out - of - nowhere hometown favoritism that only BAFTA can come up with.

Tilda Swinton got into the Best Supporting Actress category for «Snowpiercer,» while Laura Dern didn't for «Wild.»

Swinton's twin Thora and Thessaly Thacker take overt aim at Hedda Hopper (alteration and all) while Tatum does a mighty toe - tapping Gene Kelly.

A remake of sorts of the 1969 film La Piscine, A Bigger Splash tells the story of ageing rock star Marianne Lane (Tilda Swinton) and her younger lover Paul (Schoenaerts) who, while vacationing on the volcanic island of Pantelleria, are unexpectedly joined by hirsute old flame Harry (Fiennes) and his daughter Penelope (Dakota Johnson).

Returning ensemble members Adrien Brody, Edward Norton and Jeff Goldblum are on top form as ever, with Swinton pretty much unrecognisable as Madame D. Willem Dafoe channels creepy to great success as Brody's henchman Jopling, while Anderson newbie Ralph Fiennes is superb as the camp, but definitely straight Gustave.

While antiwar sentiment ran high among both festival participants and Park City locals (some of the biggest cheers during the closing night award ceremony were for Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton, and Darren Aronofsky, who used the opportunity to get the antiwar message beyond Park City to viewers watching the festivities on Sundance Channel), apparently no one considered the possibility of closing down the festival in protest (à la Cannes in 1968) or accepting his or her award in the name of peace.

And while many people would die for the chance to star in a Marvel movie, Swinton revealed that she doesn't really care about acting that much.

Visionary direction from Joon - ho Bong maximizes claustrophobic tension while brazen casting victories (Oh my God, Tilda Swinton!)

The 39 - year - old actor stars as Baron Mordo in the Marvel movie, opposite Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel McAdams, Tilda Swinton and Mads Mikkelsen and while he loved working with the cast, he admitted that they could have used more time to film it.

Hollywood may still be largely in denial about its diversity problem, pointing to the success of black actors like Anthony Hopkins and Asian - Americans like Tilda Swinton and Emma Stone while making only minor changes to the MPAA's nominating process after last year's #OscarsSoWhite controversy.

While she's best known for her work in front of the camera as an actress and fashion model, Tilda Swinton is no stranger to the art world, having long shown a preference for challenging avant - garde films (some of which she helped to produce) and even venturing into performance art in her 1995 piece The Maybe first shown at London's Serpentine Gallery.