"Norton has been cast in the music video for Opalite, the second single from her album The Life of a Showgirl to receive music video treatment after The Fate of Ophelia. Not only Norton, in fact, but the stars from the guest lineup who sat alongside Swift when she appeared in October 2025: actors Domhnall Gleeson, Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith, and fellow chart-topping musician Lewis Capaldi."
"The whimsical, fantastical video, produced with a retro 90s aesthetic, is written and directed by Swift. Her lonely character befriends a pet rock, while Gleeson's equally lonely character has a similar friendship with a cactus, before a magical substance the spray-on Opalite brings the two together. Norton appears as a salesman hawking Opalite, while Turner-Smith plays a fitness instructor, and Lee mimes along to Swift's song as a fictional singer-songwriter on MTV."
"Introducing the video, Swift called Norton insanely charismatic and lovable and said of the October show: I remember thinking I got ridiculously lucky with the group I was paired with I was instantly struck with an *idea*. And so a week later [Gleeson] received an email script I'd written for the Opalite video, where he was playing the starring role."
Taylor Swift cast Graham Norton and several guests from her October 2025 Graham Norton appearance in the music video for Opalite, the second single from The Life of a Showgirl to receive a video. The whimsical, retro 1990s–styled clip was written and directed by Swift and follows lonely characters who form odd friendships—a pet rock and a cactus—until a magical spray-on product called Opalite brings them together. Norton appears as a salesman, Jodie Turner-Smith as a fitness instructor, Greta Lee mimes as a fictional MTV singer-songwriter, and Lewis Capaldi plays a mall photographer; Cillian Murphy appears as a billboard and provides a voiceover. Norton posted excitedly on Instagram, and Swift described Norton as "insanely charismatic and lovable," saying she conceived the idea after the October show and invited fellow guests to join.
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