Taylor Swift’s reputation gets another boost, this time from… Mother Maryam Director David Lowery.
The author spoke highly of Swift, singling her out in particular reputation The stadium tour and accompanying concert film were the inspiration behind the concert sequences he shot for his upcoming film A24, which stars Anne Hathaway as a larger-than-life pop star.
“Ha reputation The concert film is one of the best concert films of all time. It’s really huge. “For our concert sequences, we looked at that over and over again,” Lurie said. empire In a new interview published today. “You wouldn’t believe the amount of time we’ve been talking about Taylor.”
Mother Maryam Hathaway stars as the title character, previously described as a Lady Gaga-meets-Swift hybrid who runs away from tour and ends up searching for an old friend and fashion designer (Michaela Coel) who helped shape her public persona. The film features original songs by stars Jack Antonoff and Charli XCX and a supporting cast that includes Cowell, FKA Twigs, Hunter Schafer and Kaia Gerber.
Lowery said the concert film, which originally aired on Netflix, was especially helpful as his team tried to map out what a stadium show would look like and how they could shoot it on an indie film budget. “We took three songs from reputation And we broke it down, shot by shot, and looked at them and said, “Okay, if we’re doing this, how much are these shots going to cost in visual effects?” We used that as a budgeting tool, because we didn’t know how to think about putting on a stadium show on a limited budget. We were literally using reputation As evidence. I could go on reputation All day long.”
Apparently, Swift was inspired throughout the experience, so much so that when filming wrapped, the Laurie star gave him a Swifty-approved parting gift. He also confirms that he and Hathaway attended a performance of Swift’s Eras Tour while in Europe.
“When we finished, Annie gave me a Taylor Swift-style beaded bracelet with ‘Anti-Hero’ on it.” “On her,” Lowry says, referring to Swift’s lead single from her album midnight. “She definitely brought a lot of Taylor Swift to the table in terms of who she is Mother Maryam He was. “Imagine Taylor Swift in 10 or 15 years,” I would often say, “this is what this character could be like.”
Mother Maryam It will hit theaters in limited release on April 17, followed by a wide release on April 24.
