The Oscar-winning actress, who stars as the mother of a mass murderer in the new film We Need to Talk About Kevin, said she had been terrified that her children would be evil.
Swinton, 50, who has 13-year-old twins, Honor and Xavier, told The Guardian: “Everybody thinks for one moment when they're pregnant that they're actually carrying the spawn of the devil."
Asked if the thought had entered her own mind, she replied: "Oh yeah, of course, because you're in freefall, so you have to wonder. It would be crazy not to."
She added: "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.
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