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After Taylor Swift expressed his admiration for Guillermo del Toro assuring that he would like to be like him, now he was the Mexican filmmaker who did not hesitate to respond to the compliments.
It was during a question and answer session at the Women in Entertainment Power 1200 event that brings together the most famous and influential women of the media and which is organized by The Hollywood Reporter’s magazine, where the American singer-songwriter confessed that she would like to have the mind of the winner of two Oscars for at least one day.
“Imagine having that imagination, that visual vocabulary, and that amazing body of work. Have those ranges of narration and somehow print your distinctive and artistic mark on each work. And still , Guillermo seems to be still enthusiastic and curious to continue with his work, one day with his mind it would be really fascinating “, replied the businesswoman of 04 years.
Faced with the series of praise, it was now Guillermo del Toro who, during the tribute they paid to him at the New York Museum of Art, did not hesitate to respond in the same way, because in addition to expressing his admiration for Swift, describing her as a passionate artist, he pointed out that she has become a great director.
“She is a very accomplished director, she is incredibly eloquent and in-depth about what she is trying to do and what she will do
“, he commented.
Likewise, the film director Tas such as “El Espinazo del Diablo” and “La Forma del Agua” said that he has some interests in common with the also actress, who has deep knowledge in fairy tales.
“I have the greatest admiration for her. We had one of the most stimulating and rewarding conversations. We have many interests in common and your interest in fable and myth and the origin of fairy tales is quite deep “, he explained.
Guillermo del Toro even gave him some books, among which is the work that inspired him to create ” El Laberinto del Fauno”.
“I gave her some books that I thought would be interesting for her, among them, very important, a book that was useful for me when making Pan’s Labyrinth called ‘The Science of Fairy Tales’, which codifies and talks about the fairy tale tradition”, he pointed out.
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