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Sadie Sink Relied On ‘Years of Research As a Swiftie’ To Tap Into Character’s Pain in Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’ Short Film

Sadie Sink had to tap into her 'years of research as a Swiftie' to nail the emotions of her character in Taylor Swift's 'All Too Well' short film.

“At that point, I had never been in love,” Sink told Variety magazine about getting cast in the video as, basically, a stand-in for a 20-year-old Swift when she was dating actor Jake Gyllenhaal, then 29. Sink said she connected to herself in a profound way — like many Swifties — through the singer’s confessional lyrics, especially the song’s biting kiss-off line, “And you call me up again just to break me like a promise.” In the break-up scene, as that lyric unfolds, Sink is shown curled in a ball on her bed weeping as her phone lights up in the nearly 15-minute mini-movie written and directed by Swift. Sink talked about getting cast in the short film in Jan. 2023 with Seth Meyers, calling the process “ bizarre.” The actress said she was already a fan when Swift’s team reached out to say the singer had her in mind for the role.

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