Hollywood star Tilda Swinton sent South Korean fans into a frenzy on the red carpet at the world premiere of a new blockbuster in the country's capital Seoul.

The Scot plays an ruthless enforcer in the sci-fi film about a class revolt inside a train that carries the last vestiges of mankind across a frozen planet. Bong Joon Ho's English-language debut feature "Snowpiercer" is an adaptation of the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige.

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