Mike Birbiglia Jokes It’s a ‘Dream Come True’ to Be Taylor Swift’s ‘Nightmare’ Son in ‘Anti-Hero’ Video.
It all started with pizza. Mike Birbiglia went on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and shared how he was chosen by Taylor Swift to play the role of her “nightmare” son in the “Anti-Hero” music video.
“It was just a flukey thing,” Birbiglia started, saying he connected with the singer through their mutual friend (and Swift’s esteemed producer) Jack Antonoff.
She was writing the music video the day that we happened to meet and we were having pizza with Jack and a bunch of folks and she thought, ‘Oh, you,’” Birbiglia said.
Apparently in her mind, she thought, ‘This is the dystopic, nightmare version of what my son would be.’ And that’s my dream come true.”
