Tilda Swinton on COVID-19 Protocols: ‘I Was Told to Wear a Mask … and I’m Not’
thewrap.comSaturday Night Live” monologue, Tilda Swinton became the latest actor to speak out against such measures, saying at an SXSW panel that she did not intend to wear a mask on the set of her next film.
At the start of the panel ahead of the premiere of her new film “Problemista” in Austin, Swinton reflected on how much had changed in the world since her last SXSW appearance in 2014, noting that she didn’t see anyone in the audience wearing masks and how that didn’t seem possible during the more severe stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I mean, in Texas did people wear masks?
I have to ask,” she joked to the crowd. Swinton then said that she doesn’t intend to wear a mask per film industry safety protocols and that she is “very healthy” even after multiple COVID-19 infections over the past three years. “I’m about to shoot a picture in Ireland, and I was told to wear a mask at all times, and I’m not,” she said.
Swinton isn’t the only high-profile actor in Hollywood to voice their disagreement with the continued use of COVID protocols on set.
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