Did … did Taylor Swift secretly write Argylle underneath a pseudonym? That’s the oddly compelling fan idea.
Clearly, followers know that Taylor Swift will whisper secrets and techniques with well-known buddies and plan large surprises for followers.
However did she truly discover time to put in writing a homicide thriller novel … one which has a movie adaptation popping out in a number of weeks? And did she keep away from the phenomenal PR that such a undertaking may convey?
One individual — other than Taylor — is aware of the reply with certainty.
What’s ‘Argylle’ anyway?
Argylle is an upcoming star-studded homicide thriller movie. It hits theaters on February 2.
No, Taylor Swift doesn’t — to anybody’s information — seem within the movie alongside Bryce Dallas Howard, Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, and extra.
However that hasn’t stopped followers for believing that she made all of it occur. In comparison with some fan theories about Taylor Swift, this one appears fairly innocuous.
Argylle, the novel, got here out on January 9. Elly Conway is the writer’s pseudonym — and provided that the movie is already about to come back out, many surprise if the writer is well-known underneath their precise title.
The story follows a spy novelist and her pet cat, a Scottish Fold, within the midst of a deadly thriller.
The protagonist carries her cat in an argyle print cat backpack. Notably, Taylor has worn an analogous cat backpack and really famously has two Scottish Folds: Meredith Gray and Olivia Benson.
Bryce Dallas Howard performs the protagonist. She’s not relationship a Travis Kelce look-alike or something, however she’s a ginger.
Observe the logic, as a result of it’s a stretch. BUT – Swift’s All Too Nicely brief movie contains a redheaded author. So there are some visible similarities in play.
Elly Conway appears to have emerged ex nihilo, and could possibly be anybody — together with a star who, for no matter purpose, wished to pen a thriller novel anonymously.
Is the mysterious thriller author behind ‘Argylle’ actually Taylor Swift?
Rolling Stone did the precise due diligence of talking to Argylle‘s director, Matthew Vaughn and asking if Taylor wrote the Argylle novel.
“I’m not a giant web man,” Vaughn started unrelatably, “and it was truly my daughter who got here as much as me — that is the facility of movie star and the web — and mentioned, ‘You by no means instructed me Taylor wrote the guide!’”
This was the primary that he had heard of the fan idea.
“And I’m taking a look at her going, ‘What are you speaking about Taylor Swift wrote the guide? She didn’t write the guide!’” Vaughn continued.
“And I used to be laughing,” he admitted, “as a result of I used to be like, ‘It’s not true! She didn’t write the guide!’ However my daughter was satisfied of it.”
Vaughn additionally insisted that there’s a actual Elly Conway on the market. Form of.
“There’s a actual guide … and it’s a very good guide,” Vaughn described. “And there is an Elly Conway who wrote the guide, nevertheless it’s not Taylor Swift.”
He continued: “And I say that as a result of I think about Taylor Swift has a load of individuals making an attempt to leap on her bandwagon left, proper, and heart, and I don’t wish to be part of that membership.” Truthful!
“I did learn the conspiracies and I used to be like, wow, they don’t go away a stone unturned!” Vaughn characterised. “However it’s not Taylor Swift. She positively didn’t write the guide.”
However Taylor Swift IS chargeable for one facet of ‘Argylle’
Because it seems, Taylor’s omnipotent affect did immediate the movie to characteristic a Scottish Fold as Alfie, the protagonist’s cat.
Because it seems, Vaughn’s daughters persuaded his spouse, Claudia Schiffer (sure, the supermodel), to convey dwelling a Scottish Fold.
Taylor impressed them to need the cat. And that very same cat, Chip, seems within the movie.
“Paradoxically, what she is chargeable for is the Scottish Fold,” Vaughn admitted. “I received dwelling someday, it was Christmas, and I used to be like, ‘What the f–okay is that noise?’”
He continued: “And I’m operating round the home and I hear a noise, and the children had seen a Taylor Swift documentary [Miss Americana] and there was a Scottish Fold in that.” There positive is!
“They usually’d persuaded my spouse, Claudia, to get them the kitten for Christmas,” Vaughn revealed. “It was purchased with out my permission and hidden from me.” And now, Chip is a film star.