Tilda Swinton Story at The Independant

Tilda Swinton was Sleeping Beauty in 1995, when she climbed inside a glass case at the Serpentine Gallery and dozed, eight hours a day, for Cornelia Parker’s exhibit The Maybe. But as the White Witch in a live-action adaptation of CS Lewis’ classic The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, she is undoubtedly perfect casting. Her statuesque limbs, ghostly white skin, green eyes and shock of red hair lend her an ethereal presence that has already seen her play the archangel Gabriel in this year’s Constantine. Read the whole article here.