Tilda Swinton, 45, was reluctant to jeopardise her indie movie image by starring in the [Walden Media] adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s children’s book – but she was won over by director Andrew Adamson’s vision for her role as Jadis, The White Witch in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
She says, “I would have made it with him if it had been a garage production for $200,000. I really would have.”
And Adamson knew he had made the right choice as soon as he saw Swinton transform herself into the magical character.
He says, “What we really wanted was a true human type of evil, and I knew that Tilda had the sort of intelligence and sophistication to pull that off.
“You can never imagine anyone else playing this role when you see Tilda onscreen.”
