Hollywood stars Cillian Murphy, Domhnall Gleeson, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, and singer Lewis Capaldi all appear in Taylor Swift’s new music video for a truly unique reason.
These celebrities were all guests alongside Swift when the global pop superstar appeared on the BBC’s Graham Norton chat show late last year, promoting her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl.
During the show, Gleeson’s dance moves in The Office spinoff series The Paper were discussed. Gleeson himself jokingly expressed a desire to appear in a Taylor Swift music video one day. It was at this moment that Swift conceived the idea for Gleeson to star in the video for her next single, Opalite — and to be joined by everyone else from the chat show that night, including Graham Norton himself.
Four months later, the Opalite music video was released today via Spotify and Apple Music. It depicts Swift and Gleeson becoming a couple (who do dance!) after spraying themselves with the magical Opalite love chemical.
Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy narrates an introductory commercial for the Opalite product. Tron: Ares actresses Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith cameo as a singer and fitness instructor that Swift watches on TV. Capaldi portrays a photographer taking a picture of the couple, who then joins them in the photos. Finally, Graham Norton plays an Opalite representative giving out free samples, who risks disrupting Gleeson and Swift’s budding romance.
After the song, the video concludes with an explanation of the concept, featuring clips from the BBC’s Graham Norton show of the cast, serving as a credits reel. The moment Swift got the idea for the video itself, following Gleeson’s quip about his dancing, is also shown.
“I remember thinking I got ridiculously lucky with the group I was paired with,” Swift wrote on Instagram today, where she shared a series of behind-the-scenes photos. A week after the show aired, Swift stated that Domhnall received an emailed script for the music video where he was playing the starring role.
“I had this thought that it would be wild if all of our fellow guests on the Graham Norton show that night, including Graham himself, could be a part of it too. Like a school group project but for adults and it isn’t mandatory. To my delight, everyone from the show made the effort to time travel back to the 90’s with us and help with this video.”
Swifties will likely spot several of her Eras Tour dancers also making cameo appearances.
After launching both The Life of a Showgirl and her Eras Tour documentary series on Disney+ at the end of last year, 2026 had been expected to be a quieter year for the singer. Not quite yet though, it seems.
