Tilda Swinton Says ‘The Room Next Door’ May Be Her “Last Film”

In a recent interview with Elle, for her new film — Pedro Almodovar’s “The Room Next Door”, Swinton discussed a wide range of topics, but one particular statement stood out (which surprised her co-star Julianne Moore too).

“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 happens.”

Swinton has acted in roughly 100-112 films. I don’t particularly believe her when she said this might be the last one. But some trades have firmly believed that this one will be her final movie.

Maybe, Apichatpong Weerasethakul should re-think about his choice of actress for his new film, as he keeps saying in interviews that Tilda is going to star in his next feature, set to shoot in 2026.

Swinton is 64, and in her long career, she has worked with the top-filmmakers in the world, including; Almodovar, Weerasethakul, Jim Jarmusch, Wes Anderson, The Coen Brothers, Bong Joon-Ho, David Fincher. Luca Guadagnino and George Miller (in his excellent “2000 Years Of Longing”).

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.

‘The Room Next Door” releases on December 20.