The part allowed Swinton to explore matters of gender presentation onscreen which reflected her lifelong interest in androgynous style .
Swinton also played the title role in Orlando , Sally Potter 's film version of the novel by Virginia Woolf .
The part allowed Swinton to explore matters of gender presentation onscreen which reflected Swinton 's lifelong interest in androgynous style .
Swinton also played the title role in Orlando , Sally Potter 's film version of the novel by Virginia Woolf .