Mother Mary Is Inspired by Taylor Swift in 15 Years

"Her Reputation concert film is one of the best concert films ever. It's truly phenomenal. And for our concert sequences we looked at that repeatedly. You would not believe the amount of time we were talking about Taylor."

"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?' We used that as a budgeting tool."

"I definitely brought a lot of Taylor Swift to the table in terms of who Mother Mary was. I would often would be like, 'Imagine Taylor Swift in ten or 15 years - that's sort of who this character could be.'"

David Lowery's Mother Mary, featuring Anne Hathaway, is influenced by Taylor Swift's Reputation tour. Lowery analyzed concert performances to budget for the film's concert scenes. He broke down three songs from Reputation to understand visual effects costs. Hathaway's character embodies a future version of Taylor Swift, with Lowery envisioning her as a pop star similar to Swift in ten to fifteen years. Hathaway even gifted Lowery an 'Anti-Hero' bracelet, reflecting their shared admiration for Swift.

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