Lowery Reveals Swift's Reputation Tour Inspired Mother Mary

Director David Lowery has revealed that Taylor Swift's 2018 Reputation Stadium Tour served as a key inspiration for the concert sequences and character development in his upcoming film Mother Mary, starring Anne Hathaway as a pop star entangled in a psychosexual affair with a fashion designer.

The thriller, produced by A24, follows Hathaway's character, Mary, a tormented singer who reunites with an old friend and designer, played by Michaela Coel, to create a dress for her comeback tour. Lowery, known for directing The Green Knight, told Empire magazine that Swift's Reputation concert film profoundly shaped the project's visual and performative elements. "Her Reputation concert film is one of the best concert films ever. It's truly phenomenal," Lowery said. "And for our concert sequences we looked at that repeatedly. You would not believe the amount of time we were talking about Taylor."

To manage the film's independent budget, Lowery's team analyzed three songs from the tour shot by shot, estimating visual effects costs to replicate stadium-scale performances. "We used that as a budgeting tool, because we didn't know how to wrap our heads around actually pulling off a stadium...