Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” isn’t done inspiring people yet. The upcoming psychological thriller Mother Mary draws unexpected influence from the Taylor Swift Reputation Stadium Tour concert film, according to Mother Mary director David Lowery. It’s a wild detail that tracks in the film’s haunting portrayal of a pop star.
According to Empire, Swift’s 2018 concert film became a central reference for the movie’s performance sequences. “We took three songs from Reputation and broke it down, shot by shot, and looked at them like, ‘Okay, if we were doing these, how much would these shots cost to do in visual effects?’,” Lowery says. “We used that as a budgeting tool, because we didn’t know how to wrap our heads around actually pulling off a stadium concert-show on a minimal budget. We were literally using Reputation as a guide. I can go on about Reputation all day.”
Lowery also shared that near the end of the shoot, the film’s star Anne Hathaway, who plays the troubled titular pop star, gifted him Taylor Swift ephemera as a token of gratitude. “When we wrapped, Annie [Hathaway] gave me a Taylor Swift-style beaded bracelet with ‘Anti-Hero’ on it,” he says. “I definitely brought a lot of Taylor Swift to the table in terms of who Mother Mary was. I would often be like, ‘Imagine Taylor Swift in 10 or 15 years, that’s sort of who this character could be.’”
Mother Mary is set to release in Philippine cinemas on April 22.
Frequently Asked Questions
Mother Mary is a psychological thriller directed by David Lowery starring Anne Hathaway as a troubled pop star, with visual and tonal influence drawn from Taylor Swift’s Reputation Stadium Tour concert film.
Director David Lowery used three songs from the Reputation Stadium Tour film as a shot-by-shot budgeting reference, breaking down the sequences to estimate visual effects costs for the film’s own stadium concert scenes.
Yes. Near the end of the shoot, Hathaway gave Lowery a Taylor Swift-style beaded bracelet reading “Anti-Hero.”
Hathaway plays the film’s titular character, a pop star whose arc Lowery says he shaped in part by imagining what Taylor Swift might look like a decade or more into her career.
Mother Mary is set to release in Philippine cinemas on April 22.
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