Anne Hathaway details working with Jack Antonoff for ‘Mother Mary’

Anne Hathaway has just discussed working with Jack Antonoff on music for her new film Mother Mary.

The thriller, which was released on April 24 in the UK, sees Anne play a pop star who abruptly ends her tour after an emotional crisis before reconnecting with an estranged friend and fashion designer (Michaela Coel) to prepare for a comeback performance.

For the film, the iconic actress performed new songs written by Charli XCX and produced by Antonoff, who also worked with her as a “guide.”

Now, the actress has opened up about working as a musician for the film, saying the experience was “humbling.”

This isn’t the first time that Hathaway has gotten involved in the soundtracks to her films, having also taken on singing roles in both the 2012 film adaptation of Les Misérables, and in 2011’s animated film, Rio.

However, in a new interview with Discussing Film, she explained how the experience differed from working as a musical theatre actress.

“It’s kind of like asking if a ten-speed bike and a Harley are the same thing,” she said, adding, “Technically, yeah, it’s the same genus, but the specifics are completely different, and I had to learn how to ride a Harley, you know, the intricacies of the voice to the microphone.

Anne continued, “It’s not something I’d ever really gotten to play around with, and that took a while for me to wrap my head around, but I had an amazing guide in Jack Antonoff.”

“He just kept giving me notes. We would go in and record, and then I would get to go meditate on what it was that Jack was talking about, slowly inch by inch, year by year, we got closer until finally the music’s what you listen to,” she further explained.

The Princess Diaries star has previously said that she based her character on Jack’s longtime collaborator, Taylor Swift.

It is also pertinent to mention that apart from Mother Mary, Anne Hathaway has recently rejoined Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt for the sequel of The Devil Wears Prada.