Uma Thurman Felt Comfortable Around 'Macho Filmmaker' Paul Schrader After Learning He's a Taylor Swift Fan

Uma Thurman was nervous working with Paul Schrader for the first time — but when she found out the director was a Swiftie, she felt right at home.

During the premiere Oh, Canada at the New York Film Festival on Saturday, October 5, Thurman, 54, talked about her collaboration with Schrader, 78, on the film, in which she stars alongside Jacob Elordi, Victoria Hill, Richard Gere and Michael Imperioli.

“I mean, Paul Schrader!” Thurman said during a question-and-answer session at the premiere. “I’m a really big fan of Paul Schrader. So to contribute, to lend to his work and to see him work was a real, real privilege.”

Paul Schrader and Uma Thurman at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2024.

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She recalled how she was initially “nervous” about working with Shrader — until she heard about his musical interests.

“I was very nervous to meet him, you know, that macho director [who] made these iconic movies,” she said. “And as I was going to the meeting, the person who was driving me Googled and said, ‘Oh my God, he’s a huge Taylor Swift fan.’ I thought, ‘What?’ And then I read Paul’s quote or tweet defending Taylor and I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m fine.’ ”

Thurman described Shrader as a “big mollusk” and said he had a great working relationship with the entire cast.

“I think all the cast and crew were there for Paul and learned so much, just watching him as a master. So focused and I’d say he’s a big softie,” she explained, adding that it was inspiring to watch him in action.

“The film was shot in a very precise, fast way,” he said Pulp Fiction the star continued. “There wasn’t a lot of time. And to see some kind of master of cinematography who has to go in and get exactly what he wants and needs… and has the entire vernacular of cinematography at his fingertips, it was just breathtaking.”

By deadline, Oh, Canada is a drama based on a novel Missed of the late Russell Banks. (Schrader previously adapted Banks’s book Trouble into his 1997 film of the same name) Gere, 75, plays a fictional documentary filmmaker named Leonard Fife, who sits down for a final interview with one of his former students (Imperioli) to reveal “the raw facts of his life, reflecting on his relationships , regrets and mortality” as he reflects on the Vietnam War and his past relationships.

Uma Thurman on the ‘Oh, Canada’ red carpet in Cannes in May 2024.

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Schrader, who is known for his dramatic films, including Taxi driver and american gigolo, has on many occasions shared posts on social networks in which he praised Swift (34).

Back in April, he posted a Facebook post that featured artwork from the pop superstar’s self-titled debut album cover.

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“This girl has become Taylor Swift. There’s a movie there,” Schrader wrote. “What is the best article written about the TS phenomenon?”

The screenwriter-director told Diversity last month which he is in “awe” before the empire that the “Karma” singer built.

“It’s not so much the music that excites me, but the phenomenon. The Elvisness of it all,” Schrader explained. “You must stand in awe of how well she and her people have created this empire.”

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