Dylan O’Brien Opens Up about Working with Taylor Swift

American singer Dylan O’Brien discussed his latest projects and the reason behind declining to reprise his role as Stiles in the "Teen Wolf" movie.

In a recent interview, O'Brien got candid about his experience of being directed by Taylor Swift in "All Too Well: The Short Film".

The film is a 10-minute long Taylor's version from her 2012 album "Red". He also collaborated with "Stranger Things" star Sadie Sink in the film.

The 30-year-old actor described the experience as surreal and that Swift was genuinely an incredible person that it felt like friends making something.

"By the time we did it, it was just really fun, really cozy, and a really comfortable environment. I trusted her implicitly and not surprisingly at all, she had a plan and knew exactly what she wanted to do," he noted.

O'Brien continued, "From the second that we first talked, she sent me over her entire lookbook for the film. She had the DP that she wanted to reach out to, she had the aesthetic, she wanted to shoot on film, and she had it all locked in,".

"I thought that it was an incredibly important thing that she was trying to say with the video, too, which I felt like I got and wanted to really take part in executing," he added.

The actor pointed out that it was so hard to execute relational dynamics, the complexities of a relationship, power dynamics, and age dynamics.

"I think it is the hardest thing to achieve in a cinematic format, and she is somebody who I think is so brilliant and so emotionally intelligent on that level of relationships," he stated.

O'Brien reflected that there are people on earth who fundamentally understand how people work and how dynamics work more than others, noting: "I think that's what makes her such a brilliant writer. She's such a god-given poet. It was automatic that I was gonna say "yes" to it. I feel like she hit it out of the park more than I could have ever imagined,".

"I totally knew what "All Too Well" was; I knew what it meant to the fan base. The Red re-record, I've been all about it. She played ["All Too Well"] for me at her place, and she sang along for us—live. It was mind-blowing. I was like, "I can't believe the person's asking me to be a part of something that I know is so monumental for her."

The actor also opened up about his decision not to reprise his starring role as Stiles Stilinks in the Teen Wolf revival movie.

He noted it was a tough decision because he loved the show and his character, and many of the people that he had worked with.

"It was my first job ever, so that show will always tug at my heartstrings. A lot of things went into the decision," O'Brien added.

He continued, "It was really hard to wrangle this. First of all, I think it all happened really fast. It came as a surprise—we did not know that this was happening, so to announce and then try to wrangle everybody for a deal and be on set all within six months is a really hard thing to do,".

"I think everyone was trying to figure it out, and I was, too. I was talking to Tyler [Posey, his Teen Wolf co-star] every day all throughout it, but ultimately, I felt settled and at peace with where I left that. I felt like we all came back for the series finale and that was sort of that moment,".

O'Brien noted it just felt nice where it was, and he didn't want to mess with that, adding he also never want to come to something if his full heart was not in it, especially something as precious to him as "Teen Wolf".

He shared his love for the cast guys and his hope that the movie gains great success.