The accompanying music video was directed by Joseph Kahn, who previously directed the music videos for the second and fourth singles from 1989 ("Blank Space '' and "Bad Blood ''). The music video was filmed in Africa and California. The video was first aired on television during the pre-show of the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards on August 30, 2015. Scott Eastwood appeared in the video. In the video, Swift plays a fictional actress named Majorie Finn which is a reference to her grandmother 's name, Majorie Finlay, and Scott Eastwood plays a fictional character named Robert Kingsley. Swift 's grandfather 's name was Robert and her dad 's middle name is Kingsley. Swift came up with the concept after reading a book by Ava Gardner and Peter Evans, The Secret Conversations. Her premise for the video is that -- since social media did not exist in the ' 50s -- it would be impossible for actors not to fall in love if they were isolated together in Africa, since there would be no one else to talk to. According to Kahn the video is based on classic Hollywood romances like Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, as well as classic movies like The African Queen, Out of Africa and The English Patient. As of June 2018 the video has received over 610 million views on YouTube.
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