Tom Hiddleston & Tilda Swinton, adorable in Cannes: who would you rather?

As I previewed yesterday, Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton are in Cannes today to promote their vampire movie Only Lovers Left Alive. Hiddles plays a goth-y rocker/vampire in love with Tilda’s ageless vampire. I don’t think that’s the only thing happening with the plot, though, because the film is directed by Jim Jarmusch and John Hurt and Mia Wasikowska figure into the story too. What I do know is that part of the story is a love affair between Hiddles and Tilda, because OF COURSE. You can read more about the film here. It was picked up by Sony Classics, so it will get some sort of (limited) release.

Anyway, these are some lovely photos from today’s Cannes photocall. I bet this film cost about $50 to make, so it’s kind of funny to see the promotion get the Cannes treatment. Tilda looks amazing, as always, and I love her outfit. I’m not so sure what I think of Tom here. From the neck up, he’s standard Tom – handsome, boyish, sweet-looking. The three-piece suit in a shocking shade of blue…? Not so great. I almost wish he had gone more low-key for the photocall – a nice pair of slacks and a light-colored button down and that’s it.

Hiddles did tweet something funny yesterday: “No aeroplanes left at Heathrow. No trains from St Pancras. I am travelling to Cannes by night. By land and sea. Like a vampire.”

Also, my answer to the question of “who would I rather?” is “both”.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

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  1. Meera says:

    Is it just me or do they really look like brother and sister?

    • Lemony says:

      Yeah, not so much in looks, but in their mannerisms. They are adorable together.

      • Amelia says:

        They’re holding hands and I absolutely love it.
        I’m actually quite into Hiddles’ suit, it’s bold but not garish. Really liking it. I’d love to find a women’s version, it’s *SO* fecking hard to find a decently tailored 2/3 piece for women (without having to fork out loads for a bespoke piece).

      • j.eyre says:

        @Amelia – I am going to give you a +1 to your entire comment. The hand holding was my favorite photo, I love his suit and as you and I have been going back and forth on, I STILL cannot find a feminine suit I can afford. Even with them showing up on every red carpet around.

        When is this look going to trickle down to 2nd tier?

      • Amelia says:

        *sigh* They seem determined to keep the elegant pieces reserved for Cate and Tilda.
        Can you spare a few dragonflies to assist in a raid of Blanchett’s wardrobe? I’ve got my eye on that blue/grey silk jersey she was wearing a few days ago . . .
        Also; IS THAT JOHN HURT IN THE 5TH PHOTO?!! That man can do no wrong in my eyes. Roll on November for Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary.
        Loving the Hiddles specific Gravatar, by the way 🙂

      • jess says:

        You could probably just get his suit…I was already going to comment that it looked like it was tailored for a woman. So weird to me. He looks like he’s in drag almost.

      • LAK says:

        Amelia – Try Jigsaw.

      • Ladybug says:

        Amelia – get a mid-range suit and get it tailored. It’s the only way it’ll look really good in my experience.

    • Rosemary says:

      It’s a pants party!!!
      Wow! I think I’m going to party like it’s 1999!

  2. Lemony says:

    i agree, I want BOTH of them.

  3. ncboudicca says:

    Tilda looks AWESOME…but I’m not as interested in TommyannE’s suit as much as I am what is evident in his pants.

    Time to prepare for an assault on Thornfield. You can’t hide that from the world, ladies!

    • Crumpets and Crotchshots says:

      We brought the extra large bed out of the attic. The one with the eyebts in strategic places. Bertha Mason is sulking, but she will just have to deal.

    • EllaAnne says:

      Yes, praise the high-res screen. NICE PANTS TOM.

    • j.eyre says:

      We are ready, darling. The Poms have been given extra milkbones and are lying in wait in the fields. Thor and John Harrison are guarding the front as The Scots are checking out the rear.

      We’ve enlisted the hedgehogs and the penguins to fortify the perimeter and the dragonflies have advanced the wharfs to see what is heading our way.

      Not to mention we have stocked up on scones, tea, enough booze to fell a dozen circus troupes, silk ropes, loofahs and silly hats so we should be fine for at least a week.

      But for the love of all things holy, somebody keep TommyannE away from the window! And tell Tilda, no matter how much she may think can reason with her, she is not to go into the attic.

      • Ncboudicca says:

        I’m going to have so much fun warming up with your guards. Let’s see: based on Hollywood action films, I need to isolate them individually in order to subdue them. First, I will raid my camping supplies and hang a Sun Shower in a tree to attract Mr Harrison. Then I shall take his silver coat and reflect the sun it so that it glitters, and Thor won’t be able to stop himself from investigating. Next up, devising a distraction for hedgehogs and Scots…

      • Anna says:

        @NCB

        You’re fun AND methodical! I applaud your style, milady!

        (Pssst…Hedgehogs like macaroni and milk. For reals!)

      • j.eyre says:

        Wait – ncboudicca, you have a key… just use that. I am keeping the fangirls out, not us. For heavens sake, somebody go get Thor, he can’t find his way back on his own.

        AND PUT THE SCOTS BACK – you cannot leave them unattended.

        Who is cleaning up this hedgehog mess? I am on Pom duty so its not me.

      • EscapedConvent says:

        Jane, my dear, a substitute badass guard will have to be found for Mr. Harrison, because I am going to need him in my suite for at least three days.

        Also, I think I will bring some yummy Italian Lemon Ice for you lushes to pour vodka into. Is that all right?

      • Anna says:

        Miss Jane,

        Don’t you worry your pretty little bonnet-clad head. I’ll take care of Thor and the hedgehogs. I seem to have a way with cute, affectionate, slightly dim creatures that like snacks and shiny objects. You’re on your own with the Scots tho.

      • ncboudicca says:

        Oh Miss Jane,is that was this big iron thing is? When I received it in the mail, I thought your gift was an ornate bottle opener. How stupid of me. My face is perfectly burning with embarrassment! I’ll be over shortly in my war chariot, so that I can assist with perimeter patrol.

    • Anna says:

      Right now I am having so many THOUGHTS and FEELINGS, but none of them are appropriate for CB or any other public forum.

      #ThankYouTomsPants

    • drea says:

      Haha, I just knew that would be the first thing everyone would notice. Good on ya, Tom, for deciding to freeball it in a slim-cut pair of suit pants.

  4. Sarah says:

    Who would I rather? Both. And I’m straight,LOL!

    • Atlanta says:

      I am straight too and i would rather tilda. that guy is so unattractive so.

  5. Andrea says:

    OMG they play lovers? I am so on that.

    They both look great here and together.

    • Lemony says:

      The suit may be an unusual color, but he looks fantastic in it…damn, he can wear a suit.
      Tilda looks classy, too.

  6. Crumpets and Crotchshots says:

    He’s going commando– again! Crotchshot alert!

    Hate the suit, but I am glad to see everyone there.

    I will always hit Tilda.

  7. flower says:

    That blue suit hides nothing hiddles… lol.

  8. Sumodo1 says:

    Well, it looks like cuffed trousers are back–I loved them in the 1970s. Tilda the Trendsetter!

  9. kronster says:

    What the hell is with his face? Stayed too much under the sun, eh?

    *sighs* I miss him with black hair. This color is just not doing it for me.

    • flower says:

      His skin looks so sun damaged and in some shots you can see the marks from the sunbed goggles. He does not know SPF and it’s just ruining his skin. Hiddles, sunblock, buy some will ya.

      • Lemony says:

        I think those are marks from sunglasses.

      • Lemony says:

        Anyone’s skin would look rough next next to Tilda’s flawless visage!

      • Crumpets and Crotchshots says:

        He is either overdoing the bronzer or the tanning bed. Someone really needs to talk to him about this.

      • GoodCapon says:

        I don’t know whether my 20/20 eyesight is going downhill but I’m seeing white spots on Hiddles’ face in the third photo.

      • Crumpets and Crotchshots says:

        I think he has old acne scars. Seriously, he has really dreadful skin and should be taking much better care of it.

  10. lady mary. says:

    tilda wore that suit better than hiddle ,team TILDA hands down,i hope this is for photocall ,and tilda wears a mind boggling futuristic gown

  11. Miss M says:

    Tom, darling, Don’t listen to the amateur dragonflies… You look great! Muah in your neck.

  12. LindyLou says:

    Holy crap! Dude is packing! (sorry if I’m late to the Tom H appreciation party!) Wowza!

    • Lemony says:

      Oh honey, you have NO idea
      😉

    • Bread and Circuses says:

      **scrolls back up**

      Holy crap. So that’s what the lurid blue suit was supposed to be distracting us from.

    • MissMary says:

      There’s entire tumblrs dedicated to his, um, equipment. Loki’s MOnster Crotch is the, er, biggest.

      I mean…so I hear.

  13. Bread and Circuses says:

    I never would have considered Tom and Tilda as a potentially hot romantic pairing in a movie.

    But holy crap, they would be. Methinks I will have to see this.

  14. TheyPromisedMeBeer says:

    Tom had me at the suit and lost me at the pretentious tweet. Tilda wins (but actually, all of us are the winners here).

    • Ponytail says:

      It was a nightmare day for travel yesterday. There was a plane on fire at Heathrow, my friend’s train was delayed becuase there was a fire on the line and then the replacement bus caught on fire too. Her 9 hour journey took 25 hours… I’m just glad some people were able to make fun of the whole thing, I’d have exploded in frustration if my travel had been that disrupted – my Tweets would have just been swear words!

  15. Grant says:

    I love, love, love the color of his suit. With the water in the background, I bet his eyes just popped.

  16. Anna says:

    HOLY MOTHER OF… Who can look at the color of the suit when there’s such magic happening in the left pant-leg! I need to hit that RIGHT NOW.

  17. Anna says:

    Also – he is handsome and I love him and the suit has grown on me in the last 10 min. So yeah, it’s definitely team Thor&Loki for me. I just came back from STID and while John Harrison (ahem; & Sherlock too) is good, he is not Thorki-good.

    • Lemony says:

      Hi Anna,
      I went to STiD last night, I enjoyed it, how about you? I think I liked it more than Iron Man 3, which i wasn’t expecting.
      I’m not a Cumberbitch, but yeah, he was hot as Harrison!

      • Anna says:

        I still prefer him as Sherlock, even though he was very compelling (and hot) as JohnH. And I definitely liked IM3 more that STID, but the latter wasnt bad…just too little Cumby!

  18. Emily says:

    I love his suit. I hope it’s a sign that men’s clothing is going to become interesting. And I’d love to romp around Paris with them non-sexually. I’m not attracted to women and I’m not attracted to Tom Hiddleston, either — he seems like he’d be a good friend, though.

  19. Ginger says:

    My answer is BOTH as well! And I agree with the ladies here…I’m not looking at the color of his suit. AHEM!!! Anyway, holy crap! They are holding hands…I’ve died and gone to some strange Cannes filled heaven.

  20. Crumpets and Crotchshots says:

    I am reading more and more articles about Tilda. Good God this woman is beautiful. O.O

    Seriously, it makes my teeth hurt just looking at her hair blowing around like that. Anyone here have smelling salts an a fainting couch?

    • EscapedConvent says:

      Hello, Crumpets,

      Thornfield is usually full to bursting with smelling salts & fainting couches! You know there are always at least two bitches coming down with the vapours.

      But since the latest Thornfield orgy began Thursday night, it’s possible that supplies are running low. Miss Eyre will need to take stock of her inventory, if we can get her out of the Disco Shower.

    • ncboudicca says:

      Oh my Goddess, I just saw some photos of the premiere. Her hair is so…she can’t be human, it’s divine. Miley Cyrus only wishes her hair could do this. Stunning.

  21. flower says:

    Tilda is amazing. I noticed that a few of the bitter little girls on tumblr are giving her a hard time for holding Tom’s hand, petty monsters.

    • MissMary says:

      Probably the same ones that “OMG YOU GUIZ BE H APPY FOR TOM AND HIS LADY” whenever he’s next to a blandly pretty woman or Sian or Hayley Atwell and tweet him with “omg I am so happy for you and your gf have babies!” (seriously)

      • susanna says:

        Oh the little girls, they probably sympathize with the blandness. They can’t understand something like Tilda.

    • Crumpets and Crotchshots says:

      Hahahaha! You have got to be kidding!!

      • MissMary says:

        Sadly not kidding. If he’s pictured w/another woman more than once, the tweets to him and the woman start from the “omg you guiz” types. And then the posts on tumblr start: the manips of him and the woman to show what their babies will look like, the long “omg be nice! they look sooooooooooo happy!” even if it’s a totally random shot where they’re not even looking at one another. It’s pathetisad but amusing in a really cringe inducing way.

      • flower says:

        After the awes and “omg you should have babeez”, the scary fan fics begin. I think some of them even sent his buddy Sian a few fics of her and Tom in the middle of sexy time. If Sian had a barf bag handy, hope she used it.

  22. linlin says:

    I adore Tilda Swinton, but strangely enough she is not one of those women who I would consider going gay for. I kind of just want to admire her from afar.

  23. allons-y alonso says:

    I think Hiddleston has caught wind of the whole ‘a tailored suit is to women what lingerie is to men’ A nicely tailored 3 piece blue suit. Hello, sailor!

  24. magpie says:

    Thank you Tilda for making things beautiful. Never saw the attraction in this man until I saw him next to you.

  25. MissMary says:

    Both of them. Like a screen door in a hurricane.

    I ship them so hard… I know he’s single and not looking for anything serious and she’s apparently poly or open so please? Pretty please with fabulous cheek bones and three piece suits?

  26. dunzo says:

    None of them. I don’t get the appeal of Hiddles, and, although I like Tilda, I wouldn’t bang her.

  27. Atlanta says:

    how come they look the same age? she must be 20 years older. he seems to be ageing a lot?

    • Crumpets and Crotchshots says:

      She is 52. Looks very young. But yeah, I think Hiddles is aging fast.

      • MissMary says:

        His apparent refusal to use sunblock isn’t helping.

      • Crumpets and Crotchshots says:

        Well that is it right there. You would think these Northern Europeans with their pasty skin would know better. Use your friggin SPF! Get a glycolic peel to deal with the damned scars. Then pile on more SPF. Use a foundation that matches your skin tone. Etc.

        Tilda could teach him a few things. She has skin like carrera marble.

  28. Agitation says:

    OH MY FREAKING GAWD

    So I’m on freaking tumblr, right, and why the fk do I read this post saying some crazy broad jumped on Tom at Cannes and it took three cops to get her off him?

  29. dasha says:

    There is some story going around in fandom that some fan jumped Tom at the premiere and cops had to pull her off him? Did you guys hear about this?

    Where was his right hand man/bulldog publicist/babysitter Luke when this happened?

    One day, some fan is going to kidnap that Hiddle and he’ll end up chained under a motel room sink. He is just too nice and he gives those inane girls too much.

    • Agitation says:

      I literally just posted about this. The crazy ass French broad jumped on his ass and he stopped taking pictures after that. I can see why Windsor is always snatching him up now, sorta.

      The sad part is, I knew some shit like this was going to happen one day. He’s starting to get close to those Michael Jackson rabid ass fans.

    • MissMary says:

      WHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?

      Creeptastic!

      Luke was probably w/Emma Watson, his other “big” client.

    • TheyPromisedMeBeer says:

      Shiiii- if this is true, well, didn’t we all call it?

      As much as that sucks, hope a lesson is learned. But still, poor guy.

    • Resnictem says:

      Apparently, it took 3 cops to get the crazed cow off of him. Scared him to death, according to the look on his face from the other screaming fan girls that were there.

      I would hate for something even approaching this to happen while he is on the stage.

  30. GoodCapon says:

    Tom’s orangey makeup is in full display in the second photo.

    I think he looks a lot better with a stubble or a beard, without them it ages him a bit.

    • ds says:

      Yes! I think he looks his best when he let’s his hair and beard grow a bit. I love a good guy in a good suit; but would really like to see this guy wear some jeans or just a shirt… Something is off I just can’t put my finger on it.

  31. MissThing says:

    the suit. the color. the waistcoat. the phone (cough cough). the everything.

    I think not only is he getting too much sun, that he is the type to not tan well, but it really brings out his scars. Scars do not tan. Maybe this is why he uses so much foundation when normally prepped?

    Either way, I’d still climb that tree.

    • MissThing says:

      BTW why does he look so angry in the Cannes photos from today? (the tux photos)

      • flower says:

        According to tumblr, he got jumped on and mauled by some crazed fan before the premiere started.

    • Crumpets and Crotchshots says:

      Because some crazed cow jumped in him? Or maybe because critical attention is more on Tilda than on him?

      I really hope this incident encourages him to think more carefully about how he eggs on his fans. This is crazy shit. Nothing funny about it.

      Remember what. Happened to Hugh Jackman?

    • Crumpets and Crotchshots says:

      Old acne scars?

      Well this would explain his over use of foundation then.

      This man really needs to see a dermatologist.

      • MissThing says:

        Looks like his face went through a window at some point years ago. Look carefully.

        WTH about crazy fans. Going to ruin it for the rest of us. WHat is wrong with people???

  32. Janet says:

    I know Swinton has a lot of devoted fans on here but I just can’t with this woman. Androgynous scarecrows simply are not my type. She looks like David Bowie in drag to me.

  33. I’m gonna call them Tiddleston

  34. Mew says:

    Once you see it, you can’t remove your eyes from it. O.O

  35. Marta says:

    Tom Hiddleston look like younger Liam Neeson, Tilda is a queen as usualy.

  36. Dedrie says:

    Vampiress Katherine Mathilda “Tilda” Swinton ignores direct sunlight, wood stakes, a big bonfire and silver guillotines, bullets and is immune to Sangue Debolezza as she is of the ancient Anglo-Scot family who can trace their ancestors to the Middle Ages and is a vegetarian as well.

    From; So you want to know how to kill a vampire. Hopefully this is you being pro-active just in case you run into a vampire one day that needs killing. Otherwise this likely means that there is a vampire outside of your door and this is your last ditch attempt to survive and/or keep your soul. If this is the case, you’re probably screwed, but I’ll try to help you out anyway.

  37. skuddles says:

    I love how Tilda’s hair is totally doing its own thing here. Very untamed and lioness-like.

  38. RHONYC says:

    that’s a ridiculous question, i mean have you SEEN ‘Female Perversions’???

    yowsa! 😛

  39. Mia says:

    I’d definitely rather do Tilda, she always cuts such an impressive figure in a suit (in “Constantine” she looked ridiculously hot in a suit). Not to mention that I really don’t think Tom is attractive at all. But I do love the color of this suit. His suits always look very well tailored and have been in some interesting colors and fabrics.

  40. I Choose Me says:

    Both of course and oh my. *gets hypnotized by teh bulge*

  41. Bored suburbanhousewife says:

    Want to see some terribly young nd hot Tilda & Seam Bean? Check out Derek Jarmans “Caravaggio”. Gorgeous.

  42. chloe says:

    where is mia?