Luv was inspired by Taylor Switft (Picture: Getty)

Taylor Swift has inspired many people but has she ever inspired a villain in a blockbuster movie before?

Turns out the Shake It Off singer was the inspo for Sylvia Hoeks’ replicant Luv in the recent Blade Runner 2049, and it was all thanks to her worldwide fame and the desire to have control over everything.

‘I looked at big celebrities, big singers, who are younger girls, like Taylor Swift or Selena Gomez,’ said Hoeks.

‘[These people] who have big platforms and have to have certain control in their life, because every little second of their day is probably somebody making a picture of them or putting them in the media. So their whole life kind of happens virtually.’


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In Blade Runner 2049 Luv was under the constant control and surveillance of Jared Leto’s Niander Wallace, her creator, however she is desperate for independence and control over her own fate.



The film, starring Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling, quickly became a critical success, with Metro.co.uk calling it a masterpiece, and suggesting that ‘what transpires is a self contained detective story, with nods to what happened before but living very much in its own gritty and beautiful reality’.

‘Aesthetically it doesn’t drown you in CGI, instead opting for sleek, breathtaking visuals that would be entertaining enough on their own. When coupled with a compelling, well told story, however, the two and three quarter hours running time just flies by.’

However the film did not set the box office alight, with first weekend expectations falling sharply as tickets began to slowly sell.

Hoeks, speaking to Bustle, also added that what she loved about Luv was not having to play the girl next door.

‘What I was grateful for is not having to play the girl next door, the cliche,’ she said.

‘I felt like I didn’t have to be that vulnerable woman that suddenly was very strong, or decided she could go on a different path of life.’

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