As Paul Feig directed his latest film The Housemaid, he had a pie-in-the-sky idea for the song he wanted to accompany the shocking conclusion.
During the movie’s red carpet premiere on Monday, the 4x Emmy nominee told Deadline he was convinced Taylor Swift was “never gonna clear” the use of her “perfect” 2017 track ‘I Did Something Bad’ from her Reputation album.
“Well, that’s the thing; you want to put a Taylor song in your movie, but she and her company have to approve it,” he explained of cutting together The Housemaid, now in theaters.
“So, we were tempting with it, and we were like, ‘It’s so perfect, but she’s never gonna clear this,’” added Feig. “Then we showed she and her people the movie, and she approved it. So, I guess she likes it. Thank you Taylor!”
In addition to the Swift banger, The Housemaid‘s soundtrack also features such deep cuts as Lana Del Rey’s ‘Cinnamon Girl’, Renée Rapp’s ‘Why Is She Still Here?’, Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Since U Been Gone’ and Linda Ronstadt songs ‘Tumbling Dice’ and ‘Blue Bayou’.
Based on Freida McFadden’s 2022 novel, The Housemaid stars Sydney Sweeney as Millie, the titular housekeeper who takes a job working for the picture perfect Winchesters (Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar), who harbor some dark secrets.
After Feig revealed that Another Simple Favor star Blake Lively recommended Sklenar following their work together on It Ends with Us, it would also make sense that the actress put in a good word with her 14x Grammy-winning pal.