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Tilda Swinton<\/a> has always prioritised artistry over commercialism, so it\u2019s not a surprise that she was ready to wait 25 years to make a certain project. Sometimes good things take time. <\/p>\n While the actor seemed to betray her avant-garde roots by starring in Marvel\u2019s Avengers: Endgame back in 2019, we can let the actor off, because she has been incredibly committed to independent and boundary-pushing cinema for her whole career. On the occasions that she has stepped into blockbuster territory, at least she\u2019s kept her wits about her, always giving a delightfully unique performance that is simply hard to forget.<\/p>\n My first memory of seeing Swinton on screen came as a child when she appeared in 2005\u2019s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as The White Witch. Brandishing Turkish Delight, she appeared pale and frosty, as though she had been formed by the snow itself, and her scene with Edmund was one that always particularly stuck out to me, perhaps because Swinton\u2019s performance was just so captivating.<\/p>\n As I got older, I came to witness Swinton\u2019s further dedication to unique characters \u2013 the kinds that few people could pull off as successfully. She was the gender-swapping protagonist of Sally Potter\u2019s Orlando, the wife in a family hiding incredibly dark, incestuous secrets in The War Zone<\/a>, and the mother of a murderous son in We Need to Talk About Kevin. These aren\u2019t easy roles to take on, but Swinton throws herself headfirst into challenging projects \u2013 she seems to prefer them, in fact. <\/p>\n She\u2019s willing to take on projects that come with a fucking risk, like a reimagining of the 1977 classic Suspiria, which Swinton\u2019s long-time friend Luca Guadagnino boldly approached in 2018. However, the film had been in the works for over two goddamn decades, with Swinton and Guadagnino first discussing their ideas for a new version of Dario Argento\u2019s iconic horror flick back in the 1990s. <\/p>\n Argento\u2019s film is simply a masterpiece. Lit in bright red hues, as though the presence of blood and gore has illuminated the whole movie, it follows a young woman as she arrives at a ballet school in Germany, which soon reveals itself to be full of witches.\u00a0<\/p>\n Since she first saw the movie, Swinton has considered it one of her all-time favourites. \u201cI suppose when I was about 20. It was one of those films that, having seen it, I searched for its other fans like a hound after truffles. The colour, the expressionism, the extraordinary soundtrack by Goblin\u2026 It could have been a dream. I think Luca was the first person I met who felt the same way about it as I did,\u201d she told AnOther.<\/p>\n The pair eventually brought these ideas to life, with Swinton taking on multiple characters. \u201cWe have been discussing and planning Suspiria since we first met, nearly 25 years ago, for as long as I can remember,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n