Arts+CultureNewsTilda Swinton says she based her latest role on Ivanka TrumpWhen you see it...ShareLink copied ✔️May 24, 2017Arts+CultureNewsTextAnna Cafolla Tilda Swinton has a striking backlog of roles that spans the most poisonous of villains to otherworldly creatures. Now, in her latest part in Bong Joon-ho’s Okja, she’s drawing direct influence from the evils of this era for blonde CEO baddie Lucy Mirando: inspired by Ivanka Trump. Speaking in a new interview with the Wrap, the actor, model and Dazed favourite describes her character as an “heir to a rotten great fortune built on the corrupt and morally repugnant initiatives carried out by her father… Driven by a combination of impassioned narcissism and a competitive determination to do things differently, she is dedicated to fashioning a gleaming public image, to rebooting Mirando’s reputation in the shape of an eco-conscious and world-saving beacon of positivity. She will stop at nothing, certainly not the truth, in the pursuit of this aim: She is a liar, from start to finish.” Swinton is asked directly whether her role draws on the reality of the first family. She straight up explains: “When we shot in New York last summer, I stood watching the Republican convention on the television in our lunch break dressed as Lucy, watching a different daughter of a different dubious dynasty addressing, from a high podium, a big crowd, with glossy blond hair, expensive orthodontics, and modeling her Barbie-perfect modest pink dress (concurrently on sale online). Chicken? Egg?” Okja follows Bong Joon-ho’s 2013 sci-fi hit, Snowpiercer. The fantastical film, also produced by Swinton, is premiering on Netflix in June. According to the official synopsis, a hippo-massive pig hybrid creature is kidnapped by an evil multinational corporation run by a self-serving CEO, Lucy. A young Korean farmer girl called Mija (played by Seo-Hyun Ahn) sets out on a quest to save her genetically-engineered friend, who the massive conglomerate want to use as food produce. Watch the trailer for Okja, out June 28 on Netflix, below. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREWhy did Satan start to possess girls on screen in the 70s?Learn the art of photo storytelling and zine making at Dazed+Labs8 essential skate videos from the 90s and beyond with Glue SkateboardsThe unashamedly queer, feminist, and intersectional play you need to seeParis artists are pissed off with this ‘gift’ from Jeff KoonsA Seat at the TableVinca Petersen: Future FantasySnarkitecture’s guide on how to collide art and architectureBanksy has unveiled a new anti-weapon artworkVincent Gallo: mad, bad, and dangerous to knowGet lost in these frank stories of love and lossPreview a new graphic novel about Frida Kahlo