"Nahalka"
One historian once remarked that true revolutionaries are not born in huts, but in palaces. A descendant of the most ancient family and daughter of the Governor-General, Tilda Swinton, at the tenderest age, was outraged by social inequality. "I was four years old when I asked my parents why during the Sunday service in the church we are sitting on the balcony, and the children I just played on the street should sit on the benches below. They did not answer me, my curiosity brothers did not support, and I realized that I would shame the family. "
As befits a girl from an aristocratic family, Tilda Swinton - a modern aristocrat was sent to an elite boarding school for girls. As far as the school was elite, judge for yourself: Tilda studied in the same class as Diana Spencer, the future tragic princess. However, Diana did not stand out at that time, unlike Tilda, who immediately began to violate the unspoken but sacred rule of the school: girls of the lower classes are silent in the presence of high school students, at least until they talk to them. For their disobedience, Tilda was dubbed an "impudent" and mercilessly persecuted.
Entering the University of Cambridge, Tilda simultaneously joined the ... Communist Party of Great Britain. "Party meetings were a real sacred activity for me. There I believed in the possibility of collective efforts in the name of a common goal. I liked this feeling at the age of nineteen, and I like it now. " Tilde Swinton - a modern aristocrat did not have to say goodbye to idels - soon after she joined the Communist Party of Great Britain, this party ... self-dissolved. Only eccentric aristocrats and intellectuals were members of the party, and proletarians, for whose interests the party fought, did not want to become Communists in any way.
Any born revolutionary is a creative person. If the revolution does not develop, then we must engage in art.
Appearance and orientation
In dramatic art, appearance plays an important role, and the appearance of Tilda Swinton, a modern aristocrat, can not be clearly defined. When on Tilda evening or designer attire - it is the embodiment of femininity and elegance. She needs to wear jeans and a sweater, how things change. "I sit down on the plane somehow and cause suspicion from the security service. They lead me to search, and the man searches me. On the streets and in offices, people often say to me: "Sir!" I guess people are simply not able to imagine that with this appearance I can be a woman. "
At first, the directors also perceived Tilda informally. "In my youth I had to play men. People even began to be interested in my sexual orientation. To these questions, I always answered that my orientation is just sexual. Trying to explain something to people is so tedious. "
Nevertheless, Tilda still gets questions about his personal life. And it's natural: show business saw everything, even strong marriages, but Tilda managed to stand out anyway.
The woman behind the glass
What men can like a young woman such as Tilda Swinton - a modern aristocrat? There is nothing to guess - bohemian. John Byrne is the embodiment of bohemia. The face - as if revived a portrait of a medieval nobleman, if one can imagine a nobleman dressed in a sweater and not releasing a cigarette from his fingers. In the world
British art is a notable personality - a theater, film and television artist. Tilda agreed with Byrne in 1985, when she was 22, and he - 43. The difference in the age of the girl quite satisfied. Arranged her first and the status of a mistress - Byrne left the family only in 1990, in the fifth year of their novel.
In a sense, John Byrne Tilda owes her career. A young woman with an "unformatted" appearance was filmed only in "art-house" films, and the general public did not know about it. Byrne gave her creative advice: you need to dumbfound the public with some kind of shocking performance. Following the advice, in 1995, Tilda became an "exhibit" at the exhibition of avant-garde art in London. For a whole week, from morning till night, she lay in a glass box, depicting a sleeping beauty. "Sculpture" was called "Maybe ...". This act of self-torture (try to simulate sleep for ten hours, suppressing all the natural needs of the body) attracted much attention to Tilda creative parties, and remembered the right people. "Today, Hollywood studios entrust large projects to people who> once were students of film schools and watched films with my participation. So they say to the authorities: "We must definitely take off Tilda Swinton!" I am the luckiest woman in the world with the strangest career in the cinema. "
Work and pleasure
Indeed, it's strange: directors and producers suddenly saw the light - Tilda looks equally convincingly in the role of queens, modern businesswomen, creative individuals and ordinary workers. She is subject to any genres: mysticism (Constantine with Keanu Reeves and Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise), a drama (The Beach with Leonardo DiCaprio), a children's fairy tale (The Chronicles of Narnia), a thriller (Michael Clayton and George Clooney). Tilda herself was also ready for risky experiments, to which middle-aged actresses usually do not go. In the erotic drama "Young Adam" she was in unhygienic conditions and very naturalistic copulation with Yuin McGregor.
Actually, Tilda is ready to act anywhere, but not just for money or love of art. In 1997 she gave birth to two twin boys, she herself raised them and knows what really hard work is. "Maybe it will seem sacrilege to someone, but I will say that parting with children is a pleasure. You wake up and you know that you can lie in bed, that you only need to dress yourself. Actresses often whine: how difficult it is to be removed, how hard it is to wander around the world from the premiere to the premiere. I say - it's hard to breast-feed twins for 14 months. And work is pleasure. "
Joy of the journalist
Paparazzi Tilda was never interested. They hunt for those who are closer, and Tilda does not live in Hollywood, or even in London, but in the tiny Scottish town of Nairn. To trail in such a wilderness, you need a special incentive. Such an incentive appeared only in 2008, when Tilda was nominated for "The Buffet" and "Oscar" for the film "Michael Clayton". The "Bafta" award ceremony (prize of the British Film Academy) is held in London, where Tilda Swinton - a modern aristocrat came with John Byrne and the children. The actress received the award, said a thank-you speech and went with her family to the hotel. Only one secular reporter, and then quite by accident, then noticed Tilda in a nightclub, but not with the father of her children, but with a sultry young man, who by age was fit for her sons.
At the Oscars, Tilda appeared openly accompanied by a young handsome man. The press was delighted: finally there is something to ask a woman about. For example: "Have you broken with your husband?" Tilda's response delighted the journalists even more: "I have never had a husband. John Byrne is my wonderful partner, the father of my children, and we live together. And in the world I travel with another wonderful partner. " Now there is something to write about, and there is, why trail in the Scottish province!
"Other"
To start, the press found out the identity of "another wonderful partner". Sandro Kopp, an artist specializing in women's portraits. Portraits, mostly "intimate" - this makes a great impression on some women. Harmless crook: starred in a tiny episode in "The Lord of the Rings" - three seconds on the screen, created a website for his character, in which he himself published "letters of admirers." As a consequence, I got into the "Lord of the Rings" database and received invitations to all events related to this project - and they passed around the world, and only in pleasant places. At one of these events, he received an offer to star in the Chronicles of Narnia. Roller, however, was nevydayuschayasya - nameless and voiceless centaur. But it was this centaur that was saddled by Tilda, who played the White Witch in the film. And why not saddle - he is 19 years younger and, therefore, full of energy. And a portrait of Tilda Swinton - a modern aristocrat immediately drew - not intimate, but not bad.
"The normal pervert"
Journalists who reached the village of Nairn, was waiting for an interesting surprise. In Tilda's house, they found John Byrne, who calmly replied: "We all are very friendly in one house and we love each other with a very peculiar love. And how exactly - this is our own business. "
Naturally, the press appealed for explanations to Tilda, and the actress did not cast a shadow on the wattle fence. "One of the most common phenomena on Earth - people have children, and then cease to feel each other's previous sexual attraction. Then they need someone new, right? A much less common phenomenon - people continue to live together in a friendly, family way. Say, John Byrne can not stand traveling, does not like diving. For this, there is a "young dude" - with him I travel around the world, with him I dive. This has been going on for several years, but the press drew attention to this only in 2008, when I received the Oscar. Newspapers began to write about how it is interesting and modern. Before that, only my acquaintances knew about this situation and they considered me to be a typical bohemian pervert. " Indeed, typical: the civil husband - 69, the lover - 29. Perfect, as the French say, "menage a trois".
Then the "alignment" became more interesting and less "typical". John Byrne moved, but not far - to the house on the opposite side of the street, where his new girlfriend, an artist (solid painters gathered), also settled for 35 years. Almost the whole company lives a friendly team, and this is the "menage a quatre" that caused in the press not ironic but condemning comments. After all, there are two boys of 12 in the house, and this informality of relations between adults can negatively affect the child's psyche. Therefore, Tilda Swinton - a modern aristocrat in her interviews, stopped talking seriously about "typical bohemian perversions", but only jokes. "Journalists do not hesitate to ask me questions about what we do when my civil husband's mistress comes to my house. Like, we fall into bed with four of us together with my lover? I answer that in my bed four people really sleep - me, my twins and my spaniel. So much cozier! "And what is done is not in bed - this is to let everyone imagine, as they say, according to their own perversity.