Tilda Swinton - Tilda Swinton Scared She'd Give Birth To The 'Devil'

Tilda Swinton Scared She'd Give Birth To The 'Devil'

Tilda Swinton says it's every mother's "nightmare" they will give birth to the "devil".

The Oscar-winning actress - who has 13-year-old twins, Honor and Xavier, with partner John Byrne - plays Eva Khatchadourian whose son commits mass murder in new movie 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' and she admits every expectant woman has fears of what their child will be like.

She said: "It's everybody's nightmare that, when they're pregnant, they're going to give birth to the devil. That when they bring up children, especially a boy, they're going to give birth to this violence.

"What I find most intriguing about Eva is not that she gives birth to and raises this misanthropic and alienated, sociopathic child and that its really foreign and outside of herself. The thing that's really the nightmare is that she recognises it only too well, because its hers, The misanthropy is hers. That violence is hers."

Tilda, 50, also says as a mother you have to make lots of sacrifices for your children, but it is ultimately worth it.

In an interview in the UK edition of Vogue magazine, she said: "It's part of The Deal of motherhood. I think everyone must suffer, I think that's the whole point. That's what life is. 

"I don't think that's a secret or anything to get het up about. I think that's how life is. It's about growth and change, and it's the bargain. Something goes, something comes. You always get something back."