How Taylor Swift influenced Anne Hathaway’s new film

It is called “Mother Mary” and is the new film produced by the production company A24 with Anne Hathaway, in the role of a pop star, who reconnects with her former stylist in view of the tour. It will arrive in Italy on May 14 and is directed by David Lowery, who said that the plot and character are inspired – or rather, influenced – by Taylor Swift. “His concert film of ‘Reputation’ is one of the best concert films ever,” the director said. “It’s really phenomenal. And for our concert sequences we watched it over and over again. You wouldn’t believe the amount of time we spent talking about Taylor,” he told Empire.

“We took three songs from ‘Reputation’ and went through them, shot by shot, and looked at them and said, ‘Okay, if we were doing these, how much would these shots cost in visual effects? We used that as a budgeting tool, because we didn’t know how to actually pull off a stadium concert show on a minimal budget. We were literally using ‘Reputation’ as a guide.

Mary’s character also has to do with real pop status: “I definitely brought a lot of Taylor Swift to the table in terms of who Mother Mary was. I often said, ‘Imagine Taylor Swift in 10 or 15 years – that’s pretty much who this character could be.’”

The film’s soundtrack includes a song by Charli XCX, with additional material by Jack Antonoff, Taylor Swift’s former producer.