“I remember hearing the song for the first time and being like, ‘Ugh, this is going to take so long to come out, I know it’ and now, it’s an earworm and I just wanted it to come out so badly,” she continued. “The day was amazing. Dakota and Colin are amazing. Everyone on the shoot was amazing.”
What grabbed her headfirst, though, was seeing Swift give the people what they want and keep it moving on set.
“I always get to see her when she’s performing and stuff,” Delevingne explained. “But seeing her as a director and that kind of creative and demanding but also being such a collaborator. She is a multi-talented person.”
Meanwhile, Wild Horse Nine director Martin McDonagh—who spoke at length with Swift shortly after she began her foray into directing in 2022 and has collaborated with Farrell multiple times—expressed a similar sentiment, highlighting the power of Farrell and Swift’s meeting of the minds.
“Taylor’s amazing, Colin’s amazing,” McDonagh—who was being honored as an innovator for film at the event—told E! News in a separate interview. “That’s a great partnership, actually.”
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