{"id":261087,"date":"2026-09-02T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/domhnall-gleeson-horrified-to-realise-hed-have-to-dance-for-taylor-swift\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T13:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:00:14","slug":"domhnall-gleeson-horrified-to-realise-hed-have-to-dance-for-taylor-swift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/domhnall-gleeson-horrified-to-realise-hed-have-to-dance-for-taylor-swift\/","title":{"rendered":"Domhnall Gleeson horrified to realise he&#8217;d have to dance for Taylor Swift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-09-02\" datetime=\"1788354014\" pubdate=\"\">2 September 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Domhnall Gleeson was mortified to learn he&#8217;d have to dance in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/taylor-swift\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,taylor-swift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Swift<\/a>&#8216;s Opalite video.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Domhnall Gleeson stars in the Opalite music video<\/p>\n<p>The Paper actor was among a string of guests from The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/graham-norton\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,graham-norton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graham Norton<\/a> Show who the pop superstar invited to be in the promo with her &#8211; along with Cillian Murphy, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, Lewis Capaldi and the host himself &#8211; and while he was thrilled to be a part of it, he doesn&#8217;t think he&#8217;d have pulled off his storyline without Taylor&#8217;s &#8220;trust&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He told The Guardian newspaper: \u201cThey told me the day before there was going to be a dance. I was like, are you f****** joking? I\u2019m terrible at it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Domhnall admitted he spent the whole night practising in front of the mirror but Taylor ultimately got him through.<\/p>\n<p>                      \t\t\t<!-- Dailymotion player (contact: Kutay.vardar@dailymotion.com) --><\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cShe said \u2018full send\u2019, though I didn\u2019t know what that phrase meant. She was like, \u2018The moves don\u2019t matter. You just gotta go for it and love it, and just trust in it and experience it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;The believing in it and the joy of it helps you do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nThe 43-year-old actor admitted it was a &#8220;wild&#8221; idea to reunite all the talk show guests for the video and he doesn&#8217;t think anyone other than Taylor would have pulled it off.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe recalled: &#8220;Two weeks [after the show], we got an email. Like, wild!<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cNo one else in the world can come up with an idea like that and make it happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nBut the Incomer actor declined to confirm if he attended Taylor&#8217;s wedding to Travis Kelce in July.<\/p>\n<p>\nAsked directly, he said: \u201cEr \u2026 Can I plead the fifth?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nDomhnall previously admitted starring in the Opalite video was one of the most surprising highlights of his career.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe joked to E! News: \u201cI\u2019m 42, I\u2019ve got no business being in Taylor Swift\u2019s music video. It was incredibly exciting. I had done one with Hozier a couple of years before that that I was incredibly proud of. And then the other music video, I joined a great Irish band called Squarehead.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI\u2019ve been in a few of these music videos. I\u2019m equally proud of all of them, but there was something special about doing a dance number with Taylor that was not on my bucket list. I didn\u2019t realise it was on my bucket list until it happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nDomhnall and Taylor appear in matching blue-and-orange tracksuits for a full choreographed routine &#8211; a moment that quickly became a fan favourite.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe singer revealed that the entire idea was sparked by a joke Domhnall made during their joint appearance on The Graham Norton Show last October.<\/p>\n<p>\nTaylor wrote on Instagram in February: \u201cI remember thinking I got ridiculously lucky with the group I was paired with. All people whose work I\u2019ve admired from afar. When we were all talking during the broadcast, Domhnall made a light-hearted joke about wanting to be in one of my music videos. He\u2019s Irish! He was joking!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nShe added: &#8220;Except that in that moment during the interview, I was instantly struck with an idea.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cLike a school group project but for adults and it isn\u2019t mandatory. To my delight, everyone from the show made the effort to time-travel back to the 90\u2019s with us and help with this video.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/domhnall-gleeson-horrified-realise-dance-taylor-swift-1449987.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 September 2026 Domhnall Gleeson was mortified to learn he&#8217;d have to dance in Taylor Swift&#8216;s Opalite video. 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