explaining that the man in question is actually 82-year-old German newcomer Lutz Ebersdorf “Lutz Ebersdorf” might similarly be a made-up person designed to hide that Swinton is playing both Madame Blanc and the elderly Dr his family fled Nazi Germany: first for Geneva in Switzerland taking a particular interest in Gestalt psychology and Psychodrama Ebersdorf went on to co-found the experimental theatre group Piefke Versus - a radical performance ensemble heavily influenced by the Vienna Actionists and in particular the work of Hermann Nitsch While supporting himself working odd-jobs for several years Ebersdorf and the other members of the group staged sporadic performances and produced several short art films (now believed to be lost films) Ebersdorf eventually disbanded Piefke Versus in 1964 leaving him free to pursue his studies in Kleinian psychoanalysis Ebersdorf has worked in Berlin as a practicing Kleinian analyst specialising in mother-daughter relationships In 2016 director Luca Guadagnino approached Ebersdorf to appear in Guadagnino’s remake of Dario Argento’s Suspiria as Dr Josef Klemperer It’s awfully convenient that Ebersdorf’s previous work is “lost,” particularly since in a new trailer for the movie he looks and sounds suspiciously like Swinton If the character really is Swinton in disguise the filmmakers probably have a good reason they’re going to such lengths to hide it—maybe We may not know for sure until Suspiria’s release on Nov watch the trailer (which also stars an undisguised Dakota Johnson) and decide for yourself Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission Guadagnino is poised to present the next boy to inspire Timmy-Armie levels of adoration: the 82-year-old newcomer Lutz Ebersdorf who lights up the screen as Suspiria’s male lead Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from New York Erotic Survival Thriller ‘Bone 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it’s possible we may never know but goddamn is it a compelling little mystery Ebersdorf’s Klemperer gets his own character poster today “A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company one that will engulf the troupe’s artistic director (Swinton) and a grieving psychotherapist (Ebersdorf) co-financed by Amazon Studios and K Period Media Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D 6 Horror Films from Decades Past That Were Snubbed at the Academy Awards Dario Argento’s ‘Suspiria’ Screen Print by Julian Totino Tedesco on Sale Tomorrow from Mutant ‘The End’ Official Trailer – Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon Star in Apocalyptic Musical Bleecker Street has acquired the US rights to Bone Lake setting an October 10 theatrical release date erotic survival thriller is directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Spoonful of Sugar) and written by Joshua Friedlander (Holly Slept Over) A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they’re forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple A dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex bringing terrifying secrets to light and triggering a bloody battle for survival Nick Matthews (Saw X) serves as director of photography Trace Thurman wrote in his review out of Fantastic Fest “Bone Lake emerges as one of the biggest surprises of Fantastic Fest operating as an incredibly entertaining thriller that doesn’t skimp on the gore or the laughs It’s a goddamn blast from start to finish.” Bone Lake has been rated “R” for strong bloody violence even less recognizable character Swinton played in the film’s denouement which claimed he was a retired psychoanalyst who had never appeared in a film before Swinton even had an Ebersdorf headshot taken where she added a false mustache to the thick aging prosthetics she was already wearing for her performance as Dr IMDb has since removed the fake Ebersdorf page with a search for his name now taking users to Swinton’s own she was playing the part of Ebersdorf-the-actor on set and then Audiences may also be able to identify Swinton as the grotesque coven leader Helena Markos in the film’s final act So perhaps we should call this a quadruple act but in the film itself we can consider it an unholy trinity Guadagnino said: “This is a movie that is very connected to psychoanalysis and I like to think that only Tilda could play ego As for why Guadagnino wanted Swinton in the film’s only significant male role, the director’s answer echoed what screenwriter David Kajganich told Vanity Fair last month “Both Luca and I were adamant that the male gaze never intrude,” Kajganich said Guadagnino doubled down in the Times: “There will always be this element of femininity at [Suspiria’s] core it was important that we did not play by the book.” Though it’s very clear to anyone familiar with Swinton’s work that it is she the prosthetics she wore are both impressive and extensive Klemperer appears naked with his genitalia on display for the camera But that’s not the only time Swinton wore this particular rig Though Swinton said she never intended to “fool” anyone with her elaborate act she does regret having to address the question at all She added that she wanted Ebersdorf to die during post-production so the film could end with an “In Memoriam” credit for her fictitious alter ego Always a “Dull Not To” moment with Tilda Swinton Prosthetics transformed the actor into an 82-year-old man for her latest film role Tilda Swinton used prosthetics and makeup to pose as an 82-year-old man in an elaborate hoax for her latest film octogenarian first-time actor Lutz Ebersdorf After pictures emerged showing a resemblance between Swinton and Ebersdorf who was playing a psychoanalyst named Dr Josef Klemperer dismissed suggestions they were the same person as “fake news” But Swinton has now come clean on the stunt and revealed she underwent four hours in makeup every day to make it work – and even donned fake male genitalia Swinton told the New York Times: “Undeniably As my grandmother would have it – a motto to live and die by – Dull Not To.” 2:21Watch Tilda Swinton in the trailer for Suspiria – videoGuadagnino insists Swinton playing the role of a male was essential because the film is about female identity Suspiria – a remake of Dario Argento’s 1977 original – centres on Johnson’s character a young dancer who enrols in an all-female dance academy in Berlin only to discover it is run by a coven of witches The Guardian’s reviewer Peter Bradshaw did not identify Ebersdorf as Swinton, but noticed something was amiss with the actor’s appearance, writing in his review that his “odd-looking face looks like prosthetic makeup” Guadagnino said Swinton’s casting as a man would ensure “there will always be this element of femininity at its core Oscar-winning makeup artist Mark Coulier was hired to transform Swinton He used prosthetics to thicken her neck and built out her jaw to make it look more masculine Swinton then created an online profile for Ebersdorf on movie database website IMDb The site now redirects to Swinton’s profile The actor admits to regretting how the secret got out and had revealed she had one final trick planned my long-held dream was that we would never have addressed this question at all My original idea was that Lutz would die during the edit and his In Memoriam be the final credit in the film.” Suspiria will be released in the UK on 16 November By 2018-09-01T14:14:00+01:00 Luca Guadagnino’s remake (more reimagining) of Dario Argento’s cult Giallo horror Suspiria landed at Venice Film Festival today (September 1) with two press screenings ahead of its public world premiere in Venice tonight Luca Guadagnino and Tilda Swinton on the ‘Suspiria’ set The film certainly polarised sections of the audience with several walk-outs during one of today’s screenings but the reception to Guadagnino and his cast - including Tilda Swinton Mia Goth and Jessica Harper - at the packed-out press conference was rapturous Questions immediately veered towards the character of Dr a central figure in the film said to be played by unknown German actor Lutz Ebersdorf there have been strong rumours that Ebersdorf is in fact Swinton (who officially only plays one character in the film the matriarchal Madame Blanc) in prosthetics and recent reports have even suggested that she may play one or two more characters in its latter stages Swinton presented a letter to attending press which suggested he was a retired psychoanalyst living in Berlin The letter stated that he was “a private person” and that he “strongly suspects” Suspiria is the only film he will ever appear in a line greeted with laughter from the press contingent saying that he thought “the audience would enjoy to see a new face” Pushed further on whether it was her behind the apparent mask Swinton added that she hoped an Oscar campaign might be launched for Ebersdorf this coming awards season director Guadagnino was also asked about his take on the #MeToo movement will come from an idea of never being in a position of repressing anyone else because of power,” he said The director was also quizzed about his connection to Argento When I was 15 somebody called my mom and told her there was Dario Argento in a restaurant so I ran over there and stared at him from the window.” and writer David Kajganich were also in attendance Yorke commented that writing songs for the film was akin to ”performing spells” Asked whether she found the sinister and at times extremely violent film challenging Johnson said that the experience was “the most fun Responding to suggestions that she saw a psychotherapist after shooting she explained that she regularly does that after finishing a part as a way of getting “a lot of feelings” off her chest One member of the audience suggested that perhaps she could have talked to Ebersdorf himself Company’s latest foray into genre will open theatrically on October 10 Bookmark this page to keep track of all the latest festival dates CAD $90,000 in cash and prizes presented at Friday’s ceremony in Toronto ‘Ish’ and ‘Learning To Breathe Under Water’ will also feature Monday’s statement to reporters follows Truth Social Screen International is the essential resource for the international film industry access to the Screen International archive and supplements including Stars of Tomorrow and World of Locations Site powered by Webvision Cloud Suspiria's biggest twist has just been revealed and it has nothing to do with the film's actual plot Tilda Swinton admitted to The New York Times this week that one of the supposed main actors of the new Suspiria doesn't actually exist and was really her in makeup and prosthetics all along This concludes a ridiculously elaborate hoax which began earlier this year when director Luca Guadagnino claimed the role of Dr Klemperer was being played by a first-time German actor named Lutz Ebersdorf nobody could find any proof that Ebersdorf was actually a real person saying he's a "private individual who prefers to remain private." From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com Brendan MorrowSocial Links NavigationBrendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023 major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting The not so shocking, yet amazingly entertaining, ending to the Lutz Ebersdorf mystery has been revealed Remember when that awesome Suspiria poster of the unknown talent was released It had an air of the familiar and there were even rumors that the German octogenarian actor was not who he appeared to be but the reveal is even more interesting than the mystery The novice actor Lutz Ebersdorf was credited in Luca Guadagnigno’s Suspiria remake in the role of Dr Ebersdorf even had an IMDb page with a remarkably similar bio to his psychoanalyst character The bio is now gone and when you type in the name “Lutz Ebersdorf,” the truth is revealed IMDb will direct you to Tilda Swinton’s page who now has the honorary distinction of “aka Lutz Ebersdorf” next to her name The renowned actress plays two parts in the film The New York Times delivered the full expose/promotion for the film revealing how and why they transformed Swinton for the role Swinton and Guadagnino denied until now that the spectacular actress was playing Dr Swinton still rejects that premise as says she is but there is no actual plot point that hinges on her playing the character in addition to her other role for the sheer sake of fun above all,” Swinton said “As my grandmother would have it — a motto to live and die by — ‘Dull Not To.’” Ebersdorf had an adorable publicity shot on his IMDb page in which he sported a mustache Klemperer does not have one during the movie but master makeup designer Mark Coulier crafted one for the shot He also made some other details for Swinton to really embrace the role “She did have us make a penis and balls,” Coulier told the Times weighty set of genitalia so that she could feel it dangling between her legs and she managed to get it out on set on a couple of occasions.” It is a bit of a confusing web of characters within characters Let the memes begin of recasting Swinton in every role in every movie Featured Image: Tilda Swinton as Madam Blanc stars in Suspiria Keep up with The Credits for the latest in film ‘Caine’: Rina Sawayama Returns As Badass Akira In ‘John Wick’ Spinoff Directed By Donnie Yen Rian Johnson Counters Netflix CEO’s Comments On “Outdated” Theatrical Model: “Theatrical Is Not Going Anywhere” ‘Together’ Trailer: NEON’s Buzzy Horror Flick Heads To Theaters July 30 Marvel Officially Announces ‘Thunderbolts*’ Real Title Is ‘The New Avengers’ ‘American Psycho’: Chloë Sevigny & Patrick Schwarzenegger Want In On Luca Guadagnino Remake 16 Must-See Films To Watch In May:  ‘Thunderbolts*,’ ‘Phoenician Scheme,’ ‘Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning’ & More 10 Must-Watch TV Shows In May: ‘Poker Face,’ ‘Dept. 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Gotham Television Awards Nominations Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong, Alba Rohrwacher Join 2025 Cannes Film Festival Jury **Slight spoilers ahead for Luca Guadagnino’s “Suspiria” remake** after months of speculation (which we must admit wasn’t tough to dig up as it was probably the worst-kept secret in the entire production of the film) Tilda Swinton and filmmaker Luca Guadagnino are ready to come clean about the actor known as Lutz Ebersdorf READ MORE: Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Suspiria’: A Deliriously Thrilling Banshee Howl Of High Class Horror Porn [Venice Review] Ebersdorf is the unknown actor who portrays Dr Josef Klemperer in the new film “Suspiria.” However since first images appeared of the mysterious actor no one has ever heard about many fans believed that Swinton donned tons of makeup to pretend to be Ebersdorf the actress reveals the truth — everyone was right it was never her intention of hiding the fact that she is the real Lutz Ebersdorf she would have gladly explained it to anyone…if they asked the right question people have been asking if she’s playing the role of Klemperer But they should have asked another question If the actress was asked the right question Swinton would answer with “an unequivocal yes.” When asked why she took on the task of having multiple roles in “Suspiria,” including being mysterious about Ebersdorf, she replied in a new interview with the New York Times As my grandmother would have it — a motto to live and die by — ‘Dull Not To.’” or a psychiatrist with a sense of the unconscious is someone who knows that in every delusion is an attempt to tell a truth Klemperer is inhabited by the phantasm of his lost wife: He is She dictates the rhythm of his life in the everyday texture of his bereaved loneliness.” READ MORE: Luca Guadagnino Almost Yelled At “Disrespectful” Viewer Using A Phone During ‘Suspiria’ Premiere But as audiences who are lucky to have already seen the new film know Swinton might not just have two roles in the film Guadagnino explains why he chose Swinton as the person to inhabit her multiple characters in the film “This is a movie that is very connected to psychoanalysis,” he said “and I like to think that only Tilda could play ego it’s one thing to envision Swinton as an 82-year-old psychoanalyst It’s an entirely different story to actually bring that to life And to help Guadagnino and the actress complete the transformation into Ebersdorf The makeup artist has already earned two Oscar wins for his work in “The Iron Lady” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” The latter of which involved heavy work with Swinton “Although she has a slightly androgynous look from sort of a fashion-model point of view Tilda’s got a very feminine bone structure,” said Coulier To help turn Swinton from a woman into an elderly man the artist adjusted her jawline and added some thickness to her neck Swinton would sit in a chair for up to 4 hours a day for the role The neck and jawline wasn’t the only thing added to Swinton’s physique READ MORE: Thom Yorke Debuts Another New Song From His Forthcoming ‘Suspiria’ Soundtrack “She did have us make a penis and balls,” Coulier said and she managed to get it out on set on a couple of occasions.” While on set Swinton reveals that she had everyone refer to her as Lutz and many in the crew never had an inkling that it was the actress under the heavy makeup throughout the shoot the actress reveals that she never intended on fooling anyone with the Lutz Ebersdorf reveal “The genius of Marc Coulier notwithstanding it was always our design that there would be something unresolved about the identity of the performance of Klemperer.” does Swinton regret revealing the true identity of the mysterious Lutz Ebersdorf my long-held dream was that we would never have addressed this question at all,” Swinton revealed “My original idea was that Lutz would die during the edit and his ‘In Memoriam’ be the final credit in the film.” The Playlist is a leading film and television website critical takes and more for the film community at large from moviegoers to entertainment industry players to the modern-day binge-happy viewer Growing in reach over the last eight years in all forms of destination traffic and social media our loyal audience looks to The Playlist as an ahead-of-the-curve tastemaker for celebrating both contemporary and new cinematic voices Contact us: [email protected] © Copyright - ThePlaylist.net All Rights Reserved The requested URL was not found on this server admitting that she also plays the elderly Dr who is credited as “Lutz Ebersdorf” in the film Swinton confirmed the news in an email to the New York Times, writing that she wanted to play the part “for the sheer sake of fun above all.” (Unlike Star Trek: Discovery’s recent actor fakeout which was designed to cover up a major plot twist involving a character’s secret identity Swinton’s dual casting has no bearing on Suspiria’s plot.) Swinton spent four hours each day transforming into “Lutz Ebersdorf” at the hands of makeup artist and Oscar winner Mark Coulier who tells the Times his team used prosthetics to thicken her neck and she managed to get it out on set on a couple of occasions.” And where is Swinton’s superfluous genitalia now “Probably in a box somewhere!” Coulier said brightly and put it on a plaque on the wall of my workshop.” do these eyes reveal the soul of Lutz Ebersdorf or Tilda Swinton Suspiria has released a character poster of Ebersdorf why is his initial foray into filmmaking so mysterious The poster is actually an incredible image and is interesting in itself the unknown actor is rumored to be Tilda Swinton in prosthetics The Doctor Strange actress is credited in the film as Madame Blanc the mysterious art director of a dance school at the center of a strange and terrible force Dakota Johnson (50 Shades of Grey) also stars as Madame Blanc’s young protégé who is dedicated to her art Klemperer completes the trifecta of terror Klemperer is heavily featured in the trailer and presumably plays a critical role Although this isn’t our first look at the character it is our best opportunity yet to study his face If the actor in question is wearing prosthetics The makeup design appears flawless and convincing and position of the mouth do whisper an essence of Swinton The actress has a distinct and striking look but can also be something of a chameleon this would be her biggest transformation yet Ebersdorf’s IMDb indicates he is an 82-year-old German actor with no previous credits His page even features a super adorable candid he has a different look sporting a salt and pepper mustache His IMDb bio is fascinating and reveals he shares a lot in common with his character A psychoanalyst specializing in “mother-daughter relationships,” he reportedly performed in previous short films that were conveniently lost what kind of purpose will that serve the plot Klemperer is a unique role that did not appear in Dario Argento’s original although there was a psychologist character named Dr there is something truly captivating about the poster Klemperer has a definite presence that is intriguing and adds a layer to the mysterious film 2018Courtesy of Amazon StudiosSave this storySaveSave this storySaveWhen Luca Guadagnino’s remake of Suspiria garnered rapturous applause at Austin’s Fantastic Fest Sunday night the audience was left with one burning question who stars as imperious Tanz Dance Academy head Mme Blanc was actually playing more than one role in the film That’s because it’s clear from the instant the character opens his meticulously wrinkled mouth that elderly German psychoanalyst Dr Jozef Klemperer is also played by the Oscar-winning actress The real question is why both Amazon Studios and the Suspiria filmmakers are going to great lengths to pretend it’s not Swinton in that role both Suspiria screenwriter David Kajganich and actress Jessica Harper—who not only shares significant screen time with the Klemperer character in the 2018 version but also starred in the original 1977 Suspiria—shared some insights with Vanity Fair into the great Klemperer mystery as Harper and Kajganich did press for Suspiria at Fantastic Fest they gamely kept the Ebersdorf mystery alive Swinton’s performance as Klemperer in the film isn’t a part of some larger plot twist or reveal—it’s simply the actress playing much older As soon as the credits rolled and the lights went up in the theater Sunday an audience member asked Jessica Harper if she had ever seen Swinton and Ebersdorf in the same place at the same time and Fantastic Fest creative director Evrim Ersoy then dismissed the question as a “bad” one when asked more specifically about the significance of Klemperer’s role in the film Harper and Kajganich were able to shed a bit more light Though he has no counterpart in Dario Argento’s original film the Klemperer character is not insignificant The film—which is otherwise almost entirely populated by female characters—opens and closes with him the bookend to American Susie Bannion’s (Dakota Johnson) journey into the seductive heart of this European coven posing as a dance company he is referred to as “the witness.” But Kajganich says: “Both Luca and I were adamant that the male gaze never intrude” when telling Susie’s story two male performers play German detectives who are cruelly ridiculed the rest of the speaking roles all belong to female performers So even as Klemperer digs deeper into the mysteries of the witches and observes them both figuratively and literally never view the story through a man’s eyes—because there’s no forgetting that it’s Swinton in this role especially since the first film operated fine without it in the film’s most poignant interlude—had a theory “If you watch Guadagnino’s other films like Call Me by Your Name and A Bigger Splash,” she said “you’ll notice a heavy dose of sentimentality.” The original Suspiria has none of that So it’s very much in keeping with their previous work for Kajganich and Guadagnino to weave a heart-tugging love story into a larger And if the filmmakers were so insistent on eliminating the male gaze from their retelling of Suspiria why not make the Klemperer role a female one Kajganich once again underlined how vital it is for Klemperer to be an outsider there would always be the slight possibility that this character—played by Tilda Swinton or not—could join in with the coven But as an observer and occasional passive witness to atrocities the Klemperer character can play a key role in any story about the rise of a fascistic regime without the people who fail to resist them “We’re living in an age when the silent observer is perhaps more important than ever,” he said And as an older man whose life was forever shattered by the Holocaust A woman playing the film’s only significant male role makes plenty of sense within the kind of narrative Kajganich and Guadagnino hoped to tell But while it’s a little distracting that the woman in question was someone as recognizable as Swinton the coy guessing game involved in marketing the role is far more confounding Why not just come right out and say from the start it’s Swinton another mystery presents itself when a third character—under even heavier layers of makeup and prosthetics—appears to gleefully chew up the scenery Is the 2018 version of coven leader Helena Markos (played by an uncredited Lela Svasta in the 1977 film) yet another role for Tilda Swinton I strongly suspect yes; there is no other actress listed for the role Playing not one but three distinct and challenging roles Perhaps only Swinton was up to that kind of acting witchcraft WindAnother blade break hits GE wind turbine in GermanyIncident is already third at Lower Saxony wind farm while manufacturer has seen several cases involving same turbine model at project in Sweden This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page But see why actress insists she didn’t “play” the character Dr Tilda Swinton plays three roles in Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming “Suspiria,” including, as she confirmed to the New York Times after much speculation But if you ask her — and the New York Times did — she’s really only playing two people in the film Because when a photo emerged of Swinton in extensive makeup back in February “Suspiria” director Luca Guadagnino denied it “That’s a complete fake news,” the director told Yahoo Movies UK “They made a picture of my actor Lutz Ebersdorf and they claimed it was Tilda in makeup while Swinton “isn’t” playing Dr she is portraying the actor “Lutz Ebersdorf.” who is known for her gender nonconforming image and physical transformations in her roles She even issued a statement for Ebersdorf after “he” was unable to attend the film’s premiere at the Venice Film Festival But when the question was put to her a different way she issued “an unequivocal yes” that it was her under all the old man makeup for the sheer sake of fun above all,” Swinton told The New York Times for why she wanted to take the role of “Lutz.” “As my grandmother would have it — a motto to live and die by — ‘Dull Not To.’” Swinton endured four hours of makeup a day from makeup artist Mark Coulier and she even requested that they fashion her a prosthetic set of genitalia so that she could feel what it was like to have the appendages dangling between her legs and how to adjust her performance accordingly She even preferred to be addressed on set as “Lutz” and fooled several extras in the process Guadagnino’s “Suspiria” opens on Oct. 26. Read the full story about Swinton’s transformation via the New York Times And she *may* be playing both man and woman in Suspiria The great Tilda Swinton is only credited as one character on Suspiria‘s IMDb page it was originally reported that Swinton was playing an older male in the film with set photos earlier this year seeming to confirm that the actress had indeed been put into old age makeup that made her barely recognizable Is Swinton playing two characters in the film this one gets real interesting when you browse the film’s IMDb Jozef Klemperer (theorized as the male character Swinton is also playing in the film) is credited to an 82-year-old German actor named Lutz Ebersdorf who interestingly enough has no other credits on IMDb The mysterious actor does have a bio on the site which details his life before taking on his first acting role The bio was written… by Lutz Ebersdorf “Lutz Ebersdorf was born on February 15th Ebersdorf went on to co-found the experimental theatre group Piefke Versus – a radical performance ensemble heavily influenced by the Vienna Actionists and in particular the work of Hermann Nitsch In 2016 director Luca Guadagnino approached Ebersdorf to appear in Guadagnino’s remake of Dario Argento’s Suspiria as Dr Josef Klemperer this week’s new trailer also credits the role to Lutz Ebersdorf but this one actually features a few lines of dialogue from the character it very much sounds like Swinton portraying an older German man Swinton has in the past donned old age makeup for a film that being Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel Swinton in old age makeup looks a hell of a lot like Re-watch the new Suspiria trailer below and check out some set photos of “Lutz Ebersdorf”… That's the name of the 80-year-old actor playing Dr Josef Klemperer in the upcoming horror movie Suspiria The elderly break through star was actually actor Tilda Swinton in prosthetics all along Swinton just revealed the elaborate hoax that allowed her to star in Luca Guadagnino's upcoming horror drama under two different names Swinton also plays a leading role of a dance troupe director in the movie During filming it was rumoured that Swinton was going to be playing an old man but Guadagnino insisted that it was "fake news." Swinton revealed to The New York Times that Dr Josef Klemperer is in fact played by her in character as Lutz Ebersdorf But you wouldn't know from looking at Lutz Ebersdorf that he is actually a 57-year-old-woman in disguise The prosthetic work is honestly very impressive you can see the impressive makeup and prosthetics work that turned Swinton into Ebersdorf Lets have a closer look at that impressive transformation Swinton told The New York Times that she decided to play Lutz Ebersdorf playing Josef Klemperer "for the sheer sake of fun above all." Director Luca Guadagnino added that “Being a film about the fantastic it was important that we did not play by the book.” This really makes you wonder if everyone you ever met was really just Tilda Swinton in disguise SUPPORT OUR JOURNALISM: Please consider donating to keep our website running and free for all - thank you Born a Princess of Reuss Ebersdorf (1757-1831) she was Queen Victoria’s ‘dear Grandmother’ Queen Victoria wrote down a short memoir which survives at Windsor which was reprinted in the three volumes of Queen Victoria’s published letters We do not know what moved Queen Victoria to write down her reminiscences for she never again resumed the exercise – possibly for lack of time and perhaps unsurprising for one whom the author Giles St Aubyn once estimated in a 1972 lecture to the Royal Society of Literature as having written some 2,500 words a day as an adult – not to mention the Journal she kept from the age of thirteen until the end of her life by which time she had become a grandmother many times over – the future Tsarina of Russia It is just possible that Queen Victoria’s establishing herself in family terms as the indisputable ‘Grandmother of Europe’ inspired her one day to write down her family memories These included her treasured recollections of her own (maternal) grandmother her beloved half-sister Princess Feodore wrote: ‘I was much amused in your last letter at your tracing the quickness [own italics] of our tempers in the female line up to Grandmamma [Dowager Duchess Augusta Caroline Sophia] but I must own that you are quite right!’ The Dowager Duchess had been painted as a young woman by Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder This graceful picture depicts the young Countess in a typically classical pose as the widowed Artemisia this was painted in order to attract interest from first-time if we consider the dreadful grief of Queen Victoria for Prince Albert to think of this picture of her ‘dear Grandmother’ painted years before she made widowhood a cult of her own (A Queen Victoria had fond memories of her German grandmother Whilst this memoir was written down much later it tells us much information and most importantly The Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld died the year before Victoria began her celebrated Journal we have the recollections of a Queen in her fifty-third year The Dowager Duchess features as a portrait in the Family Hall at Schloss Ehrenburg in Coburg of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s shared genealogy The Dowager Duchess was the grandmother (maternal) of Queen Victoria and the grandmother (paternal) of Prince Albert Queen Victoria wrote vividly of her ‘dear Grandmother’ visiting Claremont ‘in 1826 (I think)’ Princess Feodore travelled part of the way to greet her: ‘I recollect the excitement and anxiety I was in – going down the great flight of steps to meet her when she got out of the carriage and fixed her fine clear blue eyes on the little grand-daughter whom she called in her letters ‘the flower of May’ [Queen Victoria was born on 24 May 1819] It was the Dowager Duchess who wrote to her daughter the Duchess of Kent on the birth of Victoria: ‘My God how glad I am to hear of you… I cannot find words to express my delight that everything went so smoothly… I cannot write much… dear mouse… for I am much too happy’ She wrote with prescience on the royal baby’s gender: ‘The English like Queens’ (cit. One senses the pride and importance for Queen Victoria in these remembered details mingled with feelings of regret that she was too young to enjoy the experience: ‘She was a good deal bent and walked with a stick She took long drives in an open carriage and I was frequently sent out with her which I am sorry to confess I did not like future King of the Belgians: ‘Claremont remains as the brightest epoch of my otherwise rather melancholy childhood – where to be under the roof of that beloved Uncle…’ Princess Feodora also wrote of her love of Claremont in a letter to Queen Victoria she admitted: ‘Claremont is a dear quiet place; to me also the recollection of the few pleasant days I spent during my youth I always left Claremont with tears for Kensington Palace…’ Queen Victoria continued: ‘She was excessively kind to children but could not bear naughty ones – and I shall never forget her coming into the room when I had been crying and naughty at my lessons – from the next room but one where she had been with Mamma [the Duchess of Kent]– and scolding me severely which had a very salutary effect…’ We have a wonderful private memory of these lessons elsewhere within the memoir: ‘At Claremont and in the small houses at the bathing-places etc] I sat and took my lessons in my Governess’s bedroom I was not fond of learning as a little child – and baffled every attempt to teach me my letters up to 5 years old – when I consented to learn them by their being written down before me’ visiting Schönberg near Bensheim in Germany Queen Victoria was quick to record that ‘Here was born.’ She added proudly in her Journal from Darmstadt on 29 April 1885: ‘She was the mother of my dear Grandmama of Coburg-Saalfeld’ (cit. affectionately known in German as the ‘Viktoria Linde’ [Victoria Lime] It reads: ‘Victoria Lime: This lime tree was planted by Her Majesty Queen Victoria of England on the occasion of her visit to the Schloss 1887 to honour her great-grandfather Count George Auguste of Erbach- Schönberg Count George Auguste was the Queen’s great-great-grandfather and we also know from the reminiscences of Marie of Battenberg Princess zu Erbach-Schönberg that the Queen visited in 1885 Princess Marie was deeply attached to Queen Victoria and the two women shared a warm friendship the Princess’s own memoirs recall her own visits to Queen Victoria between the years 1885 and 1898 visits she considered to rank amongst the most enjoyable of her life Princess Marie wrote down touching details about the Queen including her particular habit of drinking tea and coffee by pouring it into several cups; her preferred drink at the dining table when eating was seltzer-water with a dash of whisky (Princess Marie zu Erbach-Schönberg The Princess confirmed that the Queen planted the lime tree in the garden during her visit to Schönberg in 1885 although she too repeated that Count George Augustus was the Queen’s great-grandfather (Ibid The Dowager Duchess died at Coburg on 16 November 1831 and was buried in the Ducal Mausoleum at Coburg Queen Victoria concluded her unique recollections of this German grandmother whose memory she later cherished: ‘In November (I think or it may have been at the end of October) she left taking my sister [Princess Feodore] with her back to Coburg…’ Over a dozen images of the Dowager Duchess survive in the Royal Collection including a beautiful miniature attributed to Frederic Jacob Hill of which a pencil drawing exists in the Residenzschloss in Darmstadt first acquired for the Royal Collection during Queen Victoria’s reign was engraved ‘The late / Duchess of / Saxe Coburg / 1830’ This probably relates to a gift given to Princess Victoria possibly in the year of the Duchess’s death The artist Sebastian Eckardt painted her wearing a lavish white bonnet in 1831 An oil painting (copy) of the Duchess by Herbert Luther Smith hangs in the Arcade Corridor at Osborne House An elegant painting of the Duchess wearing a black dress and veil was executed by William Corden the Younger for Queen Victoria in 1844 A miniature version of this by John Simpson was given by Queen Victoria to Prince Albert as a gift It was engraved: ‘Augusta Dowager / Duchess of Saxe Coburg / Saalfeld Died Novr 16 Duchess of Gloucester [last surviving daughter of George III] bequeathed her a miniature of the Dowager Duchess on ivory Queen Victoria’s beloved youngest daughter Princess Beatrice made a private translation of the diary of the Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld ‘In Napoleonic days: extracts from the private diary of Augusta Queen Victoria’s maternal grandmother 1806-1821 / selected and translated by H.R.H the volume was presented to Queen Mary by Princess Beatrice in June 1941 Klemperer is played by Lutz Ebersdorf,” Swinton told the Times via email Klemperer character was especially in tune with femininity “Klemperer is inhabited by the phantasm of his lost wife,” Swinton said my long-held dream was that we would never have addressed this question at all,” Swinton told the Times “and they claimed it was Tilda in makeup.” The collaborators explained that casting “Swinton in the film’s main male role would ensure that ‘there will always be this element of femininity” at the core of Suspiria which in their conception is entirely about “female identity.” Also it would be “dull not to” do something that fun and sneaky Although the role didn’t require it Swinton requested her makeup artist, Mark Coulier make her something that would really get into the headspace of an old man: A set of old man genitals to wear on the set Here’s Coulier on this unique prop: and she managed to get it out on set on a couple of occasions I’m still not to keen on the whole lying to journalists aspect of all this; just admit what you did We want to marvel at Tilda Swinton’s acting prowess We don’t want to watch the movie starring at “Lutz” trying to see Tilda Swinton underneath I dare say it sounds like Swinton gives a very ballsy performance Suspiria opens in New York and Los Angeles on October 26 Gallery - The Greatest Horror Movie Posters of All Time: Swinton got so Method about playing an old man in ‘Suspiria’ she even wore prosthetic genitals under her costume.\nRead More Mondi has completed the acquisition of Schumacher Packaging's aasets in Western Europe on 1 April which encompasses Schumacher Packaging's corrugated board and packaging and solid board business in Germany was previously cleared by the European Commission (EC) The Commission had no objections to the deal as the transaction had limited impact on competition in the markets where both companies are active and would not raise any competition concerns The deal has an enterprise value of approximately €635m and will add more than 1 billion m² in capacity to Mondi's existing operations Benelux and the UK will reportedly complement Mondi’s existing network of corrugated solutions plants across Central and Eastern Europe They will expand the group's footprint in Western Europe enhance its customer offering and create a strong platform for further growth while offering strong vertical integration opportunities Service Customer Service+49 7224 9397-701servicenoSpam@GO-AWAYeuwid.de Editorial Team+49 7224 9397-0papernoSpam@GO-AWAYeuwid.com Get the latest news about developments and trends in the industry sent to you once a week free of charge by newsletter Sign up for our newsletter We use cookies and external services on our website others enhance your user experience or help us improve this website You can change your privacy settings any time by clicking privacy policy Necessary cookies are required for the correct functioning of the website Content from video platforms and map services is blocked by default. 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WindSecond blade snaps at German wind farm with GE turbines: 'full-speed' probe underwayInvestigation launched by German wind farm owner into incident in Lower Saxony MENUCULTURETilda Swinton Insisted on a “Weighty Set of Genitalia” to Play an Old Man in SuspiriaThe actress has finally come clean about playing 82-year-old Dr Courtesy of Amazon Studios/IMDbTilda Swinton has long been billed as Madame Blanc, the headmistress of the prestigious Berlin-based dance company at the center of the Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino’s highly anticipated remake of the horror classic Suspiria rumors have circulated that she also plays an 82-year-old man by the name of Dr who spends the film investigating the supernatural featuring Tilda Swinton in her role as Madame Blanc The 57-year-old actress was just as direct in her response to the question of why she was doing so: “Undeniably “As my grandmother would have it—a motto to live and die by—‘dull not to.’” And fun Swinton definitely did have: She even wrote a biography for Ebersdorf on IMDb identifying him as a retired psychoanalyst from Berlin who planned for Suspiria to be his first and only acting experience which likely served as a reference for the many extras and crew members who were reportedly looking him up on the site having no idea whom they were actually working with having Swinton play the man at the center of the film made perfect sense Aside from some rare real answers from Swinton the Times also got some details about how and she and the rest of the crew managed to pull off the ruse which included a reunion between Swinton and the Oscar-winning makeup artist Mark Coulier who had transformed Swinton into an octogenarian for 2014’s The Grand Budapest Hotel he worked around her “very feminine bone structure” by spending four hours a day covering it up with prosthetics which served to build out her jaw and thicken her neck and he also followed through with Swinton’s request for a temporary mustache worn while she took a faux headshot for her IMDb pet project.) Tilda Swinton’s faux headshot for the IMDb page of Lutz Ebersdorf played by “Lutz Ebersdorf,” aka Tilda Swinton you’ll just have to wait to see it for yourself when the movie fully rolls out Related: The First Full-Length Suspiria Trailer Pushes Dakota Johnson (and Viewers) to the Limit Christian Bale is no stranger to shape-shifting for a role. He famously transformed himself from an underweight wisp for his role in The Mechanist into superhero shape for Batman Begins in a matter of months (thanks to Hollywood trainers and muscle memory, no doubt). For his latest transformation, he’s turned himself into an older man to play Dick Cheney in the upcoming Vice. A poster child for modern Hollywood glamour, Charlize Theron gained weight and did away with every ounce of glamour in her body to play her gritty role in Monster (2003), for which she won an Oscar. Having already used prosthetics to age herself for The Grand Budapest Hotel, Tilda Swinton wears prosthetics again and switches gender in the upcoming Suspiria. Or, at least, that’s what everyone assumes. The part is actually being credited to the name “Lutz Ebersdorf.” Matt Damon ran 13 miles a day and ate only chicken breast to lose weight for his role in Courage Under Fire, which proved to be his first major breakthrough role as an actor before Good Will Hunting. Mariah Carey, the portrait of pop diva glamour, allowed herself to go through a drastic make-under for her critically acclaimed role as a social worker in Precious. Halle Berry wore prosthetics for her multiple roles in the Wachowski sisters’ 2012 film, Cloud Atlas. Here, she plays a 1930s English socialite. Dramatic transformations are far more common in comedy (and, looking back, often problematically so), but Tom Cruise’s transformation into the power hungry agent Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder is still a standout in his long career 10 years later. Already lithe, Natalie Portman lost weight and got herself into dancer shape in preparation for her Oscar-winning role as a psychologically tortured ballerina in Black Swan. In the role that perhaps started all those jokes that all an actress needs to do to win an Oscar is “uglify” herself, Nicole Kidman wore a prosthetic nose to play the poet Virginia Woolf in The Hours. Sixteen years later, we think we can all agree that it was Kidman’s acting skills that won her the accolades, and not the nose. Having been in beefcake shape just a few years before for Prince of Persia, Jake Gyllenhaal lost 20 pounds for his role as an unethical freelance photographer in Nightcrawler. A decorated multi-sport child athlete (she once competed in the Junior Olympics), Hilary Swank still had to gain 20 pounds of muscle for her role in Million Dollar Baby (2004). Once regarded as just a Hollywood beefcake, Matthew McConaughey lost 47 pounds for his role in Dallas Buyers Club and ultimately won an Oscar for the performance. Everyone remembers that the album art for 50 Cent’s major label debut record, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, could have doubled as a Men’s Health cover, but the rapper dropped 50 pounds for his role in All Things Fall Apart. Renée Zellweger gained weight, added padding, and even mastered a British accent for her role as a depressed everywoman in Bridget Jones’s Diary (in the sequels, she relied more on the padding rather than going through the full transformation again). Tom Hanks lost major weight and grew his beard and hair out for his role as a man stuck on a deserted island in Cast Away. MenuHype Daily: Tilda Swinton might play an old man in ‘Suspiria’ — and other entertainment news CultureBy Tim MulkerinAug. 27, 2018Welcome to Hype Daily, Mic’s morning entertainment news roundup. Here’s everything you need to catch up on in the entertainment world and what to look forward to today. If you haven’t already, subscribe here to receive Hype Daily as an email in your inbox every morning during the week Are you feeling refreshed from the weekend IMDbLast week, I told you to check out the first full-length trailer for Suspiria Luca Guadagnino’s (who you’ll know as the director of Call Me by Your Name) remake of an Italian horror film from the ‘70s a fascinating conspiracy theory has emerged: Tilda Swinton is secretly playing an old man Swinton is already credited as Madame Blanc, the film’s creepy ballet teacher, but some people think she might also play Dr. Jozef Klemperer, a character whose role is currently attributed to Lutz Ebersdorf on IMDb — a person with no prior acting credits and a suspiciously detailed biography The biography claims Ebersdorf’s family fled Nazi Germany when he was a child that he cofounded an “experimental theatre group” called Piefke Versus and eventually made his way to the world of psychology where he specializes “in mother-daughter relationships.” They made a picture of my actor Lutz Ebersdorf and they claimed it was Tilda in make-up I suspect this isn’t the last we’ll hear of this bizarre mystery RtnSadou / MediaPunch/APOver the weekend, Ariana Grande, hot off the release of her new album Sweetener, performed an intimate concert at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. According to Variety making for a much more up-close-and-personal conversational-style show than most people are used to seeing from the ponytailed pop star One moment in particular went viral on Twitter: In a video tweeted by @majestcbitch you can see Grande start to sing “Raindrops (An Angel Cried),” the album’s moody I wasn’t recording” — and Ariana brought the song to a screeching halt shielding her eyes from the spotlight as she tried to see who yelled out I wouldn’t condone the obsessive recording of a concert on one’s phone — seriously some very bad manners led to something pretty cute HBO/YouTubeSunday night, HBO released the very first trailer for the third season of True Detective the main character is played by Mahershala Ali who you might recognize from his Oscar-winning role in Moonlight or maybe as the villain Cottonmouth from the first season of Netflix’s Luke Cage as the network hopes the new batch of episodes can restore the series to glory which starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson starring Rachel McAdams and Colin Farrell was .. let’s just say it wasn’t as popular as the first and leave it at that We’ll have a better idea of how season three fits into the mix when it premieres in January. Check out the trailer here "But doesn't she play a woman in Suspiria?" You might ask there is octogenarian nudity in this movie has anyone tried pulling really hard on Stan Lee's face in the last few years Director Luca Guadagnino simply thought that casting a woman in the only male role would make sure that "there will always be this element of femininity at its core." But Swinton's motivation to say yes to having to sit in a makeup chair every day for four hours and stuff her underpants with a floppy noodle was a lot less complicated: She just wanted to see if she could get away with it my long-held dream was that we would never have addressed this question at all." Maybe that's because Swinton wanted to keep her options open because she knows it's usually easier to land roles in Hollywood as an unknown German pensioner than as a middle-aged actress For more weird tangents and his personal recipes for toilet wine, do follow Cedric on Twitter Support your favorite Cracked writers with a visit to our Contribution Page we'd love to know more about you and your interesting lives drop us a line at iDoCoolStuff at Cracked dot com and maybe we can share your story with the entire internet Follow us on Facebook She even wore "weighty" prosthetic genitalia Tilda Swinton has finally confirmed that she dressed up as an old man in elaborate hoax for upcoming horror film Suspiria The actor and director Luca Guadagnino have been denying that Swinton is playing the elderly instead attributing that role to a reclusive figure called Lutz Ebersdorf Guadagnino even called the rumours ‘fake news’ Talking to The New York Times confirming that she was in fact playing Lutz Ebersdorf playing Dr Klemperer in “Suspiria”?’ is always that Dr Klemperer is played by Lutz Ebersdorf,” she said explaining that despite all the press attention since the rumours first surfaced no one had asked: “Are you playing Lutz Ebersdorf?” Swinton even created a profile for Ebersdorf on film database IMDB for the sheer sake of fun above all,” she confessed Suspiria is a remake of Dario Argento’s 1977 horror that follows a young dancer who discovers a coven of witches run an all-female dance academy in Berlin Swinton’s transformation into the elderly character took four hours in the make-up chair with Oscar-winning artist Mark Coulier He explained that on top of thickening her neck and jaw “She did have us make a penis and balls,” he said This week, Thom Yorke released ‘Volk’, a sinister instrumental taken from the Suspiria soundtrack. It is the third release from the Radiohead frontman’s 25 original compositions for the film He recently opened up on the on the challenge of creating a soundtrack that was a worthy successor to the legendary 1977 original. “It was one of those moments in your life where you want to run away but you know you’ll regret it if you do and I loved it because it was of that time The world’s defining voice in music and pop culture: breaking what’s new and what’s next since 1952 Tilda Swinton has confirmed she is also her 'Susperia' co-star Lutz Ebersdorf and donned heavy prosthetics to play a psychoanalyst in his 80s in the movie Tilda Swinton donned a prosthetic penis to play an 82-year-old man is 'Susperia' The 57-year-old actress portrays Madame Blanc Josef Klemperer under the alias Lutz Ebersdorf but she and director Luca Guadagnino kept her male persona a secret while filming Tilda said: "The intention was never to fool anybody The genius of [make-up artist] Marc Coulier notwithstanding it was always our design that there would be something unresolved about the identity of the performance of Klemperer." Marc created some "weighty" prosthetics to help Tilda feel more manly as well as thickening her neck and building her jaw out to look more masculine in a process that took four hours a day He said: "Although she has a slightly androgynous look from sort of a fashion-model point of view Tilda's got a very feminine bone structure.. and she managed to get it out on set on a couple of occasions." But the make-up artist has no idea what happened to the fake genitalia He said: "[It is] probably in a box somewhere and put it on a plaque on the wall of my workshop." Tilda insisted on being called Lutz on the set and many of the extras and crew had no idea the Oscar-winning actress was hiding under heavy make-up Lutz Ebersdorf?' They'd go on IMDb looking for him Paparazzi photos released almost two years ago first sparked speculation that Tilda - who eventually created an IMDB page for her alter ego - was Lutz and she admitted it wasn't something she had wanted to be revealed at all She told the New York Times newspaper: "Frankly "My original idea was that Lutz would die during the edit and his 'In Memoriam' be the final credit in the film." Director Luca insisted in February that claims the actress was also the lead male actor in the movie was "fake news" while at the premiere at the Venice Film Festival last month Tilda read out a letter that was attributed to the reclusive Lutz to explain his absence The note explained the first-time actor was a retired psychoanalyst living in Berlin and explained he was a "private person" and "strongly suspects" 'Suspiria' will be his only movie appearance I consent to the use of my personal data by Mediacorp and the Mediacorp group of companies (collectively “Mediacorp”) to send me notices promotions and updates including marketing and advertising materials in relation to Mediacorp’s goods and services and those of third party organisations selected by Mediacorp We know it's a hassle to switch browsers but we want your experience with 8 Days to be fast Upgraded but still having issues? Contact us and how did this elderly German actor no one's ever heard of land such a plum role in a major Hollywood production was portraying the elderly man in the film but that theory wasn't confirmed until roughly a week before the film's release when Swinton confessed that it was indeed her behind the old man makeup even if it meant casting a woman in the movie's only significant male role it was important that we did not play by the book," the director told The Times she did it "for the sheer sake of fun above all," she told Buchanan Prior to coming clean, Swinton and Guadagnino put on quite a show to maintain the fib that Ebersdorf was a real person They released a phony headshot of the "actor," Swinton read a letter "written" by Ebersdorf explaining his absence at the film's Venice premiere and Guadagnino even lied directly to The Hollywood Reporter when asked about Swinton playing the character I can promise you," he said at the time "I’m really being very straightforward that is the body of an 82-year-old person." one wonders why anyone would have wanted to cover up Swinton's performance in the first place is one of the actress' most impressive to date and one would think all involved would want to give her the praise she deserves for it.