'When I met him I didn't open my mouth to speak!' Taylor Swift reveals her teeth were painted BROWN during a screen test with Eddie Redmayne while he cringed over his garlic breath
Taylor Swift has revealed her cringeworthy first meeting with Eddie Redmayne during a screen test for the Cats movie.
The singer, 32, admitted she was mortified when she met the actor, 40, because a make-up artist had painted her teeth brown.
Taylor confessed that she 'didn't open her mouth' during the encounter, as she regaled the story during an appearance with Eddie on The Graham Norton show.
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Omg! Taylor Swift has revealed her cringeworthy first meeting with Eddie Redmayne during a screen test for the Cats movie
Eddie revealed that he was left equally red-faced during their first meeting because they had to hold each other in the scene after he had just eaten garlic dough balls.
Taylor recalls: 'Basically I was up for two roles – I had the look of Cosette and the range vocally of Eponine, so it was established I was there for a good time but not for a long time, I wasn't going to get the role.
'But, they asked if I would like to go to London to do a screen test with Eddie, who is one of my favourite actors, and I thought "This isn't an experience I am going to get again in my life.
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Shocker: The singer, 32, admitted she was mortified when she met the actor, 40, because a make-up artist had painted her teeth brown (Taylor pictured in Cats)
![Awks! Taylor confessed that she 'didn't open her mouth' during the encounter, as she regaled the story during an appearance with Eddie on The Graham Norton show](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/10/28/09/63937835-11364595-image-m-34_1666945236976.jpg)
![Taylor recalls: 'They asked if I would like to go to London to do a screen test with Eddie, who is one of my favourite actors'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/10/28/09/63937831-11364595-image-a-35_1666945240454.jpg)
Awks! Taylor confessed that she 'didn't open her mouth' during the encounter, as she regaled the story during an appearance with Eddie on The Graham Norton show
'When I got there they put me in full 19th Century street urchin costume and told me they were going to paint my teeth brown and I was like, "You are going to do that after I meet Eddie Redmayne right?" But no, they made me look like death and it became a nightmare. When I met Eddie I didn't open my mouth to speak!'
Eddie adds, 'I thought we would just be singing off each other – I didn't know we would be in each other's arms. My overriding memory of it is that I had had pizza and garlic dough balls beforehand and all I could think about was my garlic breath while Taylor was dying in my arms and I was trying to show emotion.'
While Swift went on to star as Bombalurina in the widely-panned film, Eddie didn't end up featuring in the adaptation of the classic musical.
![Mortified: Eddie revealed that he was left equally red-faced during their first meeting because they had to hold each other in the scene after he had just eaten garlic dough balls](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/10/28/09/63937817-11364595-image-a-19_1666945033767.jpg)
Mortified: Eddie revealed that he was left equally red-faced during their first meeting because they had to hold each other in the scene after he had just eaten garlic dough balls
Taylor and Eddie were joined on Graham's red sofa by U2 icon Bono and Alex Scott.
Bono, who was promoting his new memoir Surrender, said: ' I wanted to explain to my friends and family what I had done with their lives. They gave me permission to be an artist and an activist travelling around the world and we don’t really talk about that stuff at the dinner table.
'It turns out that the most extraordinary thing about me are the relationships I am in. I met most of them in one week at school and I think the longevity comes from the community of people that knows who you are and how you became who you are, we have shared memories.'
![Star-studded: Taylor and Eddie were joined on Graham's red sofa by U2 icon Bono (pictured) and Alex Scott](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/10/28/09/63937819-11364595-image-a-30_1666945225247.jpg)
Star-studded: Taylor and Eddie were joined on Graham's red sofa by U2 icon Bono (pictured) and Alex Scott
Bono detailed his 'combative' relationship with his father and his keenness to impress him, which one time involved flying him out to Texas to his concert.
The singer said: 'Afterwards he came in and his eyes were all red and I thought, "Oh my god, my father is going to give me a compliment and I did a deep swallow.
'He put out his hand and said, "You are very professional." That meant everything to him – and from him it was the greatest compliment.'
Alex, 38, who was also appearing to discuss her book, How (Not) To Be Strong, and asked why she has written it now, she says, "I am so glad I waited because I have so many more new and exciting chapters in my life.
'I have been on a personal journey of growth which has allowed me to detail with raw honesty everything I have been through. Telling my story in my own way was through the book. As a small kid kicking a ball I would never have thought I would be able to sit and write my own book – it is one of my proudest achievements.'
![Guest stars: Alex, 38, who was also appearing to discuss her book, How (Not) To Be Strong, and asked why she has written it now, she says, "I am so glad I waited because I have so many more new and exciting chapters in my life'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/10/28/09/63937813-11364595-image-a-36_1666945808333.jpg)
Guest stars: Alex, 38, who was also appearing to discuss her book, How (Not) To Be Strong, and asked why she has written it now, she says, "I am so glad I waited because I have so many more new and exciting chapters in my life'
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