Tilda Swinton sat down with Elle to talk about her work in Pedro Almodovar’s “The Room Next Door.” The film — which I greatly admired — also just released a new trailer, and is set for release on December 20.
During the interview, Swinton discussed a wide range of topics, but one particular statement surely surprised not only the interviewer, but her co-star Julianne Moore, who was sitting right next to her in the room.
“I’ve always intended that each film would be my final one,” she told the magazine. “It was not wanting to jinx anything because I have had such fun from start to finish. I always thought, ‘Well, that’s a good one to go out on. Let’s just quit while we’re ahead.’ And I feel it today. I feel The Room Next Door is the last film I make. Let’s see if anything else happens.”
She “feels” like it’s the last one. Doesn’t mean it’s a done deal and she’s hung up her gloves. I don’t believe her, but many outlets today are taking her words as gospel.
Someone should also alert Apichatpong Weerasethakul about Swinton’s comments because he keeps saying in interviews that she’s going to star in his next film, set to shoot in 2026.
Swinton, 64, has made it a habit to work with the world’s top filmmakers like Almodovar, Weerasethakul, Jim Jarmusch, Béla Tarr, Wes Anderson, The Coens, Bong Joon-ho, David Fincher, Luca Guadagnino, Lynne Ramsay, and George Miller.
With that said, “The Room Next Door” is technically not going to be Swinton’s “final” film — she recently wrapped production on Edward Berger’s “The Ballad of a Small Player” which is set for release next year.