I remember the first time I heard the album title The Tortured Poets Department, and I immediately thought “Dead Poets Society.” Really, it was hard not to connect Taylor Swift’s eleventh album to that iconic ‘80s movie, and it turns out the pop star thought about that too. That became clear when some of the movie’s stars appeared in the music video for the album’s lead single “Fortnight,” and now Ethan Hawke has opened up about why he was asked to be in it.
In Taylor Swift’s music video for “Fortnight,” Hawke and Josh Charles made cameos, which created a very fun Easter egg for Dead Poets Society. Speaking to Parade about that cameo, and why they were asked to do it, Hawke said:
