“Deadpool 3” filmmaker likens Taylor Swift's directorial vision to Steven Spielberg: 'It's profoundly vivid'
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Prolific Hollywood director Shawn Levy sees something special — akin to Steven Spielberg — in Taylor Swift, the Free Guy and upcoming Deadpool 3 helmer tells EW as the pop superstar prepares to direct her first feature film.
In an interview tied to the premiere of his new Netflix series All the Light We Cannot See, Levy explains that, while he can't talk about his experience acting in the Swift-directed "All Too Well" music video due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, he respects her approach to the art form.
"Taylor has not consulted me about upcoming directing projects, but I think she has the makings of a hell of a director," Levy says when asked if the "Cruel Summer" performer asked him for advice for her feature, after he worked with Swift on the short film he briefly appeared in opposite Sadie Sink, who stars in the Levy-produced sci-fi series Stranger Things.
Jamie McCarthy/Variety via Getty Images; VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images Shawn Levy and Taylor Swift.
Levy calls Swift a rare "generational voice and creative force" in the industry, whose cultural might is matched only by Beyoncé, in his estimation.
"That list is short. Taylor, the depth of her vision for how she wants a creative piece to be, whether it's a lyric, a melody, a bridge, a concert tour, a video, it's profound. It's profoundly vivid, and she has the strength of her convictions," Levy continues, going on to invoke a key Spielberg philosophy that reminds him of Swift's artistry.
"Spielberg was on the set of a movie he produced that I directed, called Real Steel, and I said to him, 'How do you know it's the right shot?' His answer was, 'The way you see it, that makes it right,'" recalls Levy. "I feel like that's something Taylor Swift has figured out really well, because that's about trusting your instinct."
Searchlight Pictures announced in December 2022 that Swift would direct her first feature-length movie from a screenplay she wrote herself. Before that, she became the first artist in history to receive two MTV VMAs prizes for Best Director — one for All Too Well: The Short Film, and another for her "The Man" music video.
Swift can be seen on the big screen in her highly anticipated Eras Tour concert film, which premiered on Wednesday and hits theaters nationwide this Friday.
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