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\"I turn everything else down on a dial,\" Alwyn explained. \"I don’t have any interest in tabloids. I know what I want to do, and that’s this, and that’s what I am doing.\"

Most recently, Swift and Alwyn were spotted together after the premiere of her new movie, \"CATS,\" in New York City this week.

As for Alwyn, he stars as Bob Cratchit in a new version of \"A Christmas Carol,\" which debuted on FX Thursday.

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