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.
