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Familiar faces! Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s music videos have included many memorable appearances from famous men taking on the roles of her love interests.<\/a><\/p>\n Over the years, the Grammy winner has enlisted many well-known actors to help make her visions come to life, starting with Stephen Colletti<\/strong><\/a> in the 2008 music video for \u201cWhite Horse.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cStephen was my first choice because I thought he was great on One Tree Hill<\/em><\/a> and I had watched Laguna Beach<\/em><\/a> when it was on and I was like, \u2018He\u2019s so cute!’\u201d the performer said in a behind-the-scenes video for the project at the time. \u201cThe reason why he\u2019s perfect for this role [is] because we were looking for someone who comes off very sweet and endearing. He just looks so sweet \u2026 you never expect that they would lie.\u201d<\/p>\n As the Miss Americana<\/em> star\u2019s music continued to gain worldwide acclaim, Swift\u2019s top choices for her videos were also some of her biggest fans. Ahead of Dylan O\u2019Brien<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s scene-stealing performance in the \u201cAll Too Well\u201d short film<\/a> in November 2021, the Teen Wolf<\/em><\/a> alum frequently gushed about Swift\u2019s talent.<\/p>\n \u201cGive any of the rest of us six months in quarantine and we look back on it and we\u2019re like, \u2018S\u2013t, I should have done more.\u2019 Give Taylor six months in quarantine, and she writes 50 hit songs,\u201d O\u2019Brien joked during an interview with Coup De Main magazine<\/em> in April 2021, referring to Swift\u2019s 2020 record Folklore<\/em>.<\/p>\n At the time, the Outfit<\/em> star broke down all of his favorite songs from the album, noting, \u201cI\u2019m a big \u2018Mirrorball\u2019 fan. I love \u2018My Tears Ricochet\u2019 and \u2018Mad Woman,\u2019 \u2018Epiphany\u2019 [and] \u2018The 1.\u2019 There\u2019s so many more, but those are my highlights.\u201d<\/p>\n Later that year, O\u2019Brien portrayed a character inspired by Swift\u2019s ex-boyfriend<\/a> Jake Gyllenhaal<\/strong><\/a> in the short film, which was directed by the singer herself.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t know [Taylor] knew who I was at all,\u201d the Maze Runner<\/em> actor told E! News<\/em> in November 2021. \u201cI\u2019ve been a fan of hers for a long time, I love her even more now. She\u2019s, like, the best person ever, she is so brilliant. So yeah, it was like an automatic yes. I think we were sort of just hanging out on the phone and she asked me a while into it, like, you know, how long I wanted to think or whatever and it\u2019s OK if I wanted to say no, and I was like, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s not even a question.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n That same month, the Cats<\/em> star recalled how O\u2019Brien and Sadie Sink<\/strong><\/a>, the project\u2019s female lead, were her only choices for the roles.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI got their numbers and sent them text messages and I had already created an entire treatment and script and, like, visual kind of references of what I wanted to do,\u201d Swift told E! News<\/em>. \u201cThey had the song before anyone else had the song and when they said yes, I was so elated because I didn\u2019t have backups in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n Keep scrolling to see all the famous men who have left their marks in Swift\u2019s music videos:<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n