Tilda Swinton Took Her Inspiration for Lucy Mirando in Okja from Ivanka Trump

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published 23 May 2017

If you were to create mood board for the antagonist in a political satire about a friendship between a young girl and a hippo-like creature named Okja, you would probably be more likely to think Scar of Lion King fame than...Ivanka Trump. But this is why we pay Tilda Swinton the big bucks—to make that connection while throwing shade at a certain unnamed heir to "a rotten great fortune built on the corrupt and morally repugnant initiatives carried out by her father." (Can you say "complicit" again (opens in new tab)?)

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In an interview with The Wrap (opens in new tab), everybody's favorite earthbound elfin alien explained the inspiration behind her character Lucy Mirando in Okja, head of the evil corporation that genetically engineers the titular animal.

"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?"

Ohmygoodness. At least there's no doubt about one thing: Tilda is queen.

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Chelsea Peng is a writer and editor who was formerly the assistant editor at MarieClaire.com. She's also worked for The Strategist and Refinery29, and is a graduate of Northwestern University. On her tombstone, she would like a GIF of herself that's better than the one that already exists on the Internet and a free fro-yo machine. Besides frozen dairy products, she's into pirates, carbs, Balzac, and snacking so hard she has to go lie down.