‘Agatha All Along’s’ Jac Schaffer Reveals How Taylor Swift Took Part in the Show’s Creation

‘Agatha All Along’ is MCU’s most recent installment. The show takes place around 3 years following the conclusion of ‘WandaVision’ and focuses on Agatha Harkness as she is freed from her magical prison and sets out onto the Witches Road to reclaim her powers.

The show focuses on a little known aspect of the MCU – the magical and the occult. It also introduced some important characters for the future of the MCU such as Lady Death, Wiccan, and Jennifer Kale.

The show’s creator is Jac Schaeffer who previously worked on ‘WandaVision’ and ‘Captain Marvel’ (uncredited). Schaeffer’s works so far have been praised as the best in the MCU and for a good reason, as the attention to details is amazing.

The screenwriter and producer recently let Decider pick her brains regarding several details of the show. Schaeffer revealed that Taylor Swift – in a way – influence the show.

Schaeffer shared the music that inspired her while working on the project, including Taylor Swift, whom she calls a “storyteller.” Schaeffer told Decider that although many artists influenced her writing, Swift’s impact was especially strong.

For me, writing this — like during this sort of process, I love Haim. I think that those three sisters are very witchy. Kathryn [Hahn] listens to a lot of Bjork — I love Bjork as well, sort of later stage. I listen to a lot of Taylor Swift because she’s a storyteller and I find that very inspiring when I’m trying to write. As I listen to her songs, it makes me want to write. It’s sort of like a trigger for writing.

Another inspiration for writing Agatha’s love story with Rio Vidal (played by Aubrey Plaza) was the band BoyGenius, a popular three-woman group with a big following in the queer community. The band—made up of Julian Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus—is known for its alternative pop sound, which matched the intense, playful tension between the two characters.

Boygenius was a big one while I was working on this show, oh man. Boygenius with the Agatha-Rio love story.But then also with like some — a little bit of Metallica in there.

Source: Deadline

The relationship between Rio and Agatha was one of the most interesting aspects of the show, and its also something that Schaeffer commented on extensively in a different interview. The showrunner stated that they heavily discussed the pair’s first meeting and even at one point considered making Rio Nicholas’ father.

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