New Girl: The True Story Behind Taylor Swift's Cameo
New Girl had various guest stars, some playing themselves and others portraying different characters, and among those was Taylor Swift – and here’s how the series got her to join the fun. Created by Elizabeth Meriwether, the sitcom New Girl made its debut on Fox in 2011 and was so well-received from the beginning, that it had a total of seven seasons, coming to an end in 2018. New Girl was praised for its tone and sense of humor, along with the performances of its main cast, especially those of Max Greenfield and Jake Johnson.
New Girl followed Jess Day (Zooey Deschanel), a bubbly, young teacher who after discovering that her boyfriend was cheating on her, moved into a loft with three strangers she found on the internet. After a period of adjustment (that wasn’t easy for anyone), Jess became very close to her roommates Schmidt (Greenfield), Nick Miller (Johnson), and Winston (Lamorne Morris), who pretty much became her new family, with her best friend Cece (Hannah Simone) joining the fun. Over the course of seven seasons, Jess and the rest went through many ups and downs and met a lot of people, many of those played by guest stars who reprised their roles a couple of times or only appeared once, as was the case of Taylor Swift.
In New Girl season 2’s finale, “Elaine’s Big Day”, Cece and Shivrang’s wedding day finally arrived, but things didn’t go as planned. As Schmidt and Winston planned to sabotage the wedding, the event was ultimately stopped by Shivrang’s ex, Elaine (Swift), who arrived to confess her feelings for him. This led Cece to confess her feelings for Schmidt, and so the wedding was called off, with Shivrang leaving with Elaine. Swift’s appearance was very brief but very significant to New Girl’s creator, who’s a big fan of the young singer.
Unlike other guest stars, not only in New Girl but other shows as well, there isn't anything extraordinary behind Taylor Swift’s cameo, nor was it hard to get her on the show, but Meriwether did have her own fangirl moment when she met her. Speaking to EW in 2013, Meriwether shared she’s a huge fan of Taylor Swift and that she “was fully geeking out about meeting her", though she didn’t meet her right away because she “kind of had to compose herself”. Swift turned out to be a New Girl fan, with Meriwether recalling that she was quoting lines from the show, so having her as part of season 2’s finale was very special both to those involved in the show and to Swift.
Prior to her small role as Elaine in New Girl, Taylor Swift had mostly appeared in music-related films as herself, as are Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience and Hannah Montana: The Movie, but she also played Felicia Miller in Valentine’s Day and voiced Audrey in The Lorax. As for TV projects, she had appeared as herself in a number of TV shows, except for one episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, where she played a character named Haley Jones. Since New Girl, she has appeared in more TV shows as herself as well as in more TV concerts and documentaries (all about her and her career), and she played Rosemary in The Giver and Bombalurina in Cats. Taylor Swift’s time in New Girl was short but important, as she made it possible for Cece to come clean about her feelings for Schmidt, stopped her from marrying a man she wasn’t in love with, and gave said man the freedom he – like Cece – needed.
from ScreenRant - Feed https://ift.tt/335RtDF
No comments