How Taylor Swift Influenced Anne Hathaway's New Thriller 'Mother Mary' (Exclusive)

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Taylor Swift influenced Mother Mary mainly through David Lowery’s vision for the pop-star world around Anne Hathaway’s character. He said he kept imagining “Taylor Swift in 10 or 15 years” as a reference point, and he specifically cited Swift’s 2018 Reputation concert film as a major inspiration for the movie’s concert sequences.

How Swift shaped the film

Lowery said Swift’s Reputation film was so strong that the team looked at it repeatedly while building the performance scenes. He also said Hathaway and he attended Swift’s Eras Tour in Europe, which further fed into the movie’s pop spectacle energy.

Hathaway’s role

Hathaway plays a comeback pop star in Mother Mary, and the movie blends music, fame, and emotional fallout into a “psycho-sexual pop opera”. While Swift was a key visual and tonal reference for the film, Hathaway also said other artists helped shape her performance, including P!nk and Rosalía.

Why it matters

The Swift connection gives Mother Mary a real-world pop framework, making the character feel like a future version of a superstar navigating fame’s darker edges. That helps explain why the film has been described as both stylized and grounded in contemporary pop culture.