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While I've been aware of Tilda Swinton forever, I've never actually read or seen an interview with her before, and I want more more more, for reasons that become obvious in reading this.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/movies/06devr.html?oref=login

I'm interested in the idea of her being called "Sir" not because she looks like a man, but because it's hard for peopel to imagine a woman looking the way she does.

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While Orlando is the film she usually gets mentioned for, The Deep End (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250323/maindetails) may be a better example of what she can bring to a role. My wife broke into applause when she lashed back at the blackmailer (Goran Visnjic) urges her to "try harder" to come up with the money. "How exactly am I supposed to 'try harder'?" she challenges him.

The film as a whole has problems, but Swinton is terrific at refusing to let her character be a victim. Margaret is a woman being fucked with, and she's not shy about letting the culprits know it.