Having a world famous pop star as your costar has its perks. In a Wednesday, October 5 interview with People two days before the release of his next film amsterdamChristian Bale has detailed what it was like to perform alongside Taylor Swift – whose singing voice was so beautiful he says he got goosebumps just listening to it.
According to Bale, there was a scene in the David O. Russell-directed film that required him and his costar John David Washington to sing a song with Swift, who makes a cameo appearance as the grieving daughter of a man killed early in amsterdam. The American psycho The star and Washington play World War I veterans wrongfully accused of murdering the “All Too Well” singer’s character’s father.
“All day, JD [Washington] and myself and Taylor, we were singing that song, and I’m not a good singer and JD is not,” Bale told the publication. “We were off the pitch and sometimes forget the lyrics.”
“David said at one point, ‘Hey, Christian and JD, shut up for this take. Let’s just have Taylor,” he continued. “It’s mind-blowing to have someone with a beautiful voice there, standing right next to me. It gave me goosebumps.”
Apparently, Christian isn’t the only Bale family fan of Swift. The actor also told People that her 17-year-old daughter, Emmeline, used to sing the 11-Grammy Award winner’s lyrics all the time when she was younger.
“When my daughter was little she used to sing a lot of songs,” Bale said. “So it often turned my head – different Taylor Swift songs – as I stood there.”
amsterdam also stars Margot Robbie, Chris Rock, Anya Taylor-Joy, Zoe Saldaña, Rami Malek, Robert De Niro, Mike Myers, Michael Shannon, Timothy Olyphant, Andrea Riseborough, Matthias Schoenaerts and Alessandro Nivola. The David O. Russell film hits theaters Friday, October 7.
See Taylor Swift act alongside Christian Bale in the trailer below.