EXCLUSIVE: Tilda Swinton is spotted on the Sydney set of the upcoming George Miller movie Three Thousand Years of Longing
Hollywood has officially descended on Sydney, with Tilda Swinton the latest star to be spotted on a movie set in the Australian city.
The 60-year-old British actress was seen on the set of the upcoming George Miller film, Three Thousand Years of Longing, on Thursday.
The fantasy film is currently being filmed in Sydney’s northern suburbs, and also stars Idris Elba.
Behind the scenes: Hollywood has officially descended on Sydney, with Tilda Swinton the latest star to be spotted on a movie set in the Australian city
Tilda appeared to have been in the process of getting her hair and makeup styled for the movie, and was seen wearing a black cape around her shoulders.
She also carried what looked like a white towel draped over one of her arms as she walked alongside another woman.
The statuesque star was dressed casually in a pair of cropped lilac pants, which she paired with an oversize pink and white pinstripe shirt.
Star sightings: The 60-year-old British actress was seen on the set of the upcoming George Miller film, Three Thousand Years of Longing, on Thursday
She also wore a pair of hot pink and white slip-on sandals, and smoothed down her short red hair as she walked.
Tilda appeared fresh-faced and wore a blueish-grey and white patterned face mask, later emerging with a stack of papers, possibly a script, and a white mug.
According to IMDb, the film is about a ‘lonely and bitter British woman’ who encounters a genie during a trip to Istanbul.
Lights, camera, action: The fantasy film is currently being filmed in Sydney’s northern suburbs, and also stars Idris Elba
She is granted three wishes, which forces her to realise she has a ‘desire to be loved’.
The film is written and directed by Mad Max director George Miller and has a budget of around US$60,000,000.
In an interview with British Vogue last month, the Doctor Strange actress admitted she never set out to be a movie star.
Accidental icon: In an interview with British Vogue last month, the Doctor Strange actress admitted she never set out to be a movie star. Pictured at the Venice Film Festival in September
‘I’ve never had any ambition as an artist. That may sound crazy and transgressive, but it’s a fact,’ she told the publication.
‘If you’d asked me when I was 10 or 20, I would have said my only ambitions were to live in a family, to have friends that made me laugh and laughed at my jokes, and to live in the Highlands of Scotland, by the sea with a lot of dogs and a kitchen garden. Seriously.
‘And I have been really blessed to be able to achieve them. Everything else is a bonus. Everything else is just icing and candles and flowers alongside.’
‘I’ve never had any ambition as an artist. That may sound crazy and transgressive, but it’s a fact,’ she said. Pictured at the Venice Film Festival in September