Director says Taylor Swift tour shaped Anne Hathaway thriller
Film-maker Mr David Lowery has said Taylor Swift’s 2018 Reputation Stadium Tour provided a key reference point for his upcoming psycho thriller Mother Mary, which stars Ms Anne Hathaway as a pop star preparing for a new tour. The director described repeatedly studying Swift’s concert film while planning the movie’s stadium-performance scenes.
In an interview, Mr Lowery said the production looked at Swift’s Reputation concert film “repeatedly” and broke down three numbers “shot by shot” to work out how to stage and budget comparable sequences, Billboard reported.
Mr Lowery also said Swift influenced how he wrote Hathaway’s character, adding that he would sometimes frame the role as “imagine Taylor Swift in 10 or 15 years”. He noted that after filming wrapped, Hathaway gave him a friendship bracelet featuring the title of Swift’s No. 1 hit “Anti-Hero”.
Swift’s current cultural visibility has remained high beyond touring, with recent public appearances including when she wore a Goop slip dress at a Paul McCartney gig in another widely shared moment.
Mother Mary follows a pop star who reunites with a designer friend, played by Ms Michaela Coel, to commission a new dress for an upcoming tour. While the film’s concert scenes were shaped by the Reputation aesthetic, Mr Lowery said the tour’s production scale also served as a practical guide for building a stadium show on a smaller budget.
