Anne Hathaway’s upcoming role in Mother Mary was, she said, among the hardest she’s ever taken on, with director David Lowery recalling a scene that caused the Devil Wears Prada alum to break down.

Anne Hathaway opened up in a new Vogue cover story about the making of “Mother Mary,” the upcoming A24 music drama from director David Lowery. Co-starring Michaela Coel, the film stars Hathaway as a pop diva who flees her tour during an existential crisis and seeks out the old friend who helped craft her public

“At one point Annie broke down and said, ‘I had to apologise because I think what’s going to come out of me will hurt you,’” Lowery said. “And Michaela took her hands and said, ‘I love you, I trust you.’ “We were in various stages of that for about a week, shooting that scene,” he added.