Taylor Swift clearly loves nothing more than to keep her fans on their toes. At the screening of her short film All Too Well on Saturday, the star had to talk to director Mike Mills about her upcoming film trip.
At this festival, Taylor acted as director, screenwriter, producer and lead actor, but still remembered her main talent and closed the day with a live acoustic performance.
At first, everything went according to the original plan, but as her conversation with Michael continued, Swift asked the audience, “Do you have an extra 10 minutes?”
After a nod of joy in her direction, Taylor performed the extended version of All Too Well, which was featured in Red (Taylor’s Version) last year, to roaring applause from the audience.
It wasn’t the only surprise the 32-year-old Grammy winner had in store. After discussing the concept and creative approach to making the short film, Swift invited his stars, Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien, to the stage.
“He’s not a monster; he’s just a narcissistic, selfish kid,” O’Brien said of his character and the film’s main antagonist (rumor has it that his character is based on Swift’s ex-boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal.
Taylor thanked the actor for the “electric charisma” his character needed and also called Sink “insanely talented.” “I wanted it to feel like their coming together is inevitable and their breakup is just as inevitable,” she said of the short film’s lead couple.
The good news for fans of Swift’s directing prowess doesn’t end there: When Mills asked if she’d be making a feature film next time, she replied, “With pleasure.” On the occasion of her performance at the film festival, the star also shared a new one and a half minute version of the song All Too Well. Highly recommended to listen!