CNN
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Actor Josh Charles had one job: To maintain a giant secret in regards to the world’s greatest pop star from his youngsters.
The “Useless Poets Society” actor did simply that when it got here to his shock cameo within the music video for Taylor Swift and Submit Malone’s new collaboration “Fortnite,” the lead single from Swift’s new double album “The Tortured Poets Department.”
“I don’t like protecting secrets and techniques in order that was laborious,” Charles wrote on his Instagram web page on Saturday. “I didn’t even inform my youngsters till the opposite day!”
The publish included a present photograph of Charles together with his “Useless Poets” co-star Ethan Hawke, who additionally appeared within the music video, and a second throwback photograph of the 2 actors.
“Been by lots with this dude through the years, however protected to say this was a most memorable day,” he wrote. “What I’ll bear in mind most was the laughter. There was a whole lot of it. Like we had been 17 over again.”
Within the music video, Hawke and Charles seem as researchers inspecting Swift, who’s seen strapped to a gurney with {an electrical} contraption connected to her head.
Hawke wrote on his Instagram web page on Saturday that it was “fairly an honor” to be concerned within the music video.
The “Useless Poets”-”Tortured Poets” crossover appeared to be a nod to the similarities of the album and film’s titles. The late Robin Williams starred alongside Hawke and Charles within the 1989 traditional.
Swift launched “The Tortured Poets Division,” a 31-track shock double album on Friday. It has already made history by turning into the primary album ever to be streamed over 300 million instances in a single day on Spotify, in keeping with the music streamer.