Taylor Swift Fans Still Can’t Get Over Her Most Controversial Movie Decision

On a Reddit thread about Taylor Swift’s role as Elizabeth Meekins, fans expressed their absolute shock that the songstress agreed to this particular appearance. Not only does she die pretty early into the movie, but the scene itself is utterly ridiculous, complete with stiff dialogue about how nobody is safe before Elizabeth is unceremoniously flattened by a motor vehicle.

As u/storminthedark put it, «I can’t fathom why she wanted to be a part of this film.» u/mosharef7 agreed, writing, «It’s the weirdest thing she ever did.» u/leileywow made a fair point, responding, «The Cats movie would like a word with you,» though many on the thread then argued that, at the very least, Swift co-wrote an original song for the much-maligned 2019 «Cats» adaptation alongside original scribe Andrew Lloyd Webber. «Cats» is a terrible movie, but it feels like it was a passion project for Swift on some level. So why did she agree to «Amsterdam?»

u/NeonLotus11 asked perhaps the most important question, though: «I am again wondering why she was willing to work with a sexual predator just to be in a movie for a few seconds … of everyone involved in this movie, it really seems least worth it for her.» The user referred to the accusations against director David O. Russell, who, aside from being notoriously difficult, has been accused of sexual impropriety by his niece. 

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