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Apparently, not everyone lives in the Taylor Swift universe — including Scott Eastwood.
While promoting his new movie Regretting You, the 39-year-old actor (and yes, Clint Eastwood’s son) admitted he didn’t even know who Taylor Swift was when she called to cast him in her 2015 “Wildest Dreams” music video.
Eastwood’s co-stars Dave Franco and Mason Thames couldn’t believe it, joking during an interview that he’s got one of the most romantic credits out there. Franco said the cast even watched the music video on set — and their younger co-star Mckenna Grace totally freaked out when she realized her movie dad was the guy from Swift’s iconic desert love story. “She literally called her mom, yelling, ‘Scott’s the guy!’” Franco laughed.
Eastwood recalled the first phone call from Swift: “She said, ‘Hey, this is Taylor,’ and I was like… ‘Taylor who?’” 😂
Turns out, his agents didn’t even want him to do it back then. “They said, ‘Why would you be Taylor Swift’s boy toy?’” he told People. “And I said, ‘Why the hell not?’”
Good call — the Wildest Dreams video now has nearly a billion views and is one of Swift’s most iconic visuals ever. Not bad for a role he almost skipped!
SOURCE: Billboard