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Flash forward years and \"The Man,\" now a decrepit old man, is shown marrying a much, much younger woman as everyone cheers.\"

At the end, in the middle of the tennis court tantrum, we hear Swift yell cut and \"he\" comes over to herself in the director's chair and asks, in a voice dubbed by Dwayne \"The Rock\" Johnson, \"Hey, just checking. Was that last take more what you had in mind?\"

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PHOTO: Taylor Swift speaks to herself dressed as a man in her new music video "The Man."
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To which Swift replies, \"Pretty good. Could you try to be sexier? Maybe more likeable this time?\" To which \"she\" replies, \"OK, no problem.\"

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Just sitting here pondering how happy I am that The Man music video is OUT. I want to say thank you to so many people- Gotta thank @therock for voicing The Man and for being so supportive of my music for years (and now my directorial debut!)- it’s so cool to have you be a part of this!! Thank you @jaydenbartels and @dominic_toliver for your amazing and hilarious reactions- and @loren your eye roll really was aStOnIsHiNg 🥰😘💗 My dad making his acting debut as ‘unimpressed umpire’ is a memory I’ll always cherish. Thank you to the entire cast and crew for helping me become the man I always knew I could be 😂

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Swift, the director, then praises a female actor who had a non-speaking role in the same scene, telling her, \"Excellent work over there ... that was astonishing.\"

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PHOTO:Taylor Swift before makeup and after for her new music video "The Man."
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As the credits roll, we see a montage of images showing Swift transformed into \"The Man.\"

The video was, as the credits note, \"directed by Taylor Swift,\" \"written by Taylor Swift,\" \"owned by Taylor Swift\" and \"starring Taylor Swift.\"

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