Here's the Bizarre Reason Why Cillian Murphy, Domhnall Gleeson and Lewis Capaldi Are All in Taylor Swift's New Music Video

Hollywood stars Cillian Murphy, Domhnall Gleeson, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith and vocalist Lewis Capaldi each prima successful Taylor Swift's caller euphony video for a genuinely antithetic reason.

The line-up were each guests alongside Swift erstwhile the planetary popular superstar appeared connected the BBC's Graham Norton chat amusement precocious past year, promoting her latest medium The Life of a Showgirl.

During the show, Gleeson's creation moves successful The Office spinoff bid The Paper were mentioned, and Gleeson himself joked that he'd emotion to look 1 time successful a Taylor Swift euphony video. And it was astatine this infinitesimal that Swift formed the thought for Gleeson to so prima successful the video for her adjacent single, Opalite — and beryllium joined by everyone other connected the chat amusement that night, including Graham Norton himself.

Four months later, Opalite's euphony video has released contiguous via Spotify and Apple Music, showing Swift and Gleeson becoming a mates (who bash dance!) aft spraying themselves with the magical Opalite emotion chemical.

Oppenheimer prima Cillian Murphy narrates an introductory commercialized connected the Opalite product, portion Tron: Ares actresses Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith cameo arsenic a vocalist and fittingness teacher that Swift watches connected TV. Capaldi plays a lensman taking a representation of the mates who past joins them successful the photos. Finally, Graham Norton plays a Opalite rep giving retired escaped samples, who risks wrecking Gleeson and Swift's budding romance.

Post-song, the video concludes with an mentation of what's going on, with clips from the BBC's Graham Norton amusement of the cast, acting arsenic a credits reel. We adjacent spot the infinitesimal Swift gets the thought for the video itself, pursuing Gleeson's quip astir his dancing.

"I retrieve reasoning I got ridiculously fortunate with the radical I was paired with," Swift wrote connected Instagram today, wherever she shared a bid of down the scenes photos. A week aft the amusement aired, Swift says that Domhnall received an emailed publication for the euphony video wherever helium was playing the starring role.

"I had this thought that it would beryllium chaotic if each of our chap guests connected the Graham Norton amusement that night, including Graham himself, could beryllium a portion of it too. Like a schoolhouse radical task but for adults and it isn’t mandatory. To my delight, everyone from the amusement made the effort to clip question backmost to the 90’s with america and assistance with this video."

Swifties volition apt spot respective of her Eras Tour dancers besides making cameo appearances.

After launching some The Life of a Showgirl and her Eras Tour documentary bid connected Disney+ astatine the extremity of past year, 2026 had been expected to beryllium a quieter twelvemonth for the singer. Not rather yet though, it seems.

Image source: Taylor Swift.

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