why did Tilda Swinton refuse to speak in the film?

[Mis à jour le 29 juin 2022 à 20h30] In A Bigger Splash, released in theaters in 2016, Tilda Swinton plays a voiceless rock star who needs to rest her voice. As a result, we hear him speak very little in the remake of La Piscine. And it’s not just a screenplay choice, since it was the condition for Tilda Swinton to participate in Luca Guadagnino’s drama. “I didn’t want to make films the year Luca Guadagnino [préparait A Bigger Splash]. It was a moment in my life when I didn’t want to say anything”, she explained in 2016 during the Venice Film Festival. vulnerability, the actress clarified that her mother died following a serious illness. “At a time like this, you don’t really want to talk. You prefer to stay silent and you don’t feel like making a movie at all, even with a friend.”

However, Tilda Swinton was persuaded to participate in A Bigger Splash, opposite Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson and Matthias Schoenaerts, on the condition that her character remain silent. Near BBCthe actress explained, however, that this choice proved useful to the scenario: “The more I thought about it, the more I felt that it would work and that it would be good for the film. It would increase the tension with Ralph’s character, Harry , who just talks. It would also explore a character forced into silence when his entire career has been devoted to his own noise.”

Synopsis – Rock star Marianne Lane has filled the biggest stadiums on the planet. She tries to rest on the island of Pantelleria with Paul, her companion. She must not speak for several weeks to rest her voice. Their tranquility is upset when the whimsical Harry Hawkes, who produced all of Marianne’s albums, arrives, accompanied by his daughter Penelope. Harry, who put Paul in the arms of Marianne, bitterly regrets. Formerly the lover of this one, he wants to reconquer the one he has shaped. But Marianne is happy with Paul and appreciates being supported by a reassuring man. For her part, Penelope has set her sights on Paul…