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Long before “American Idol” and its ilk, pageants were a means for a small-town striver to vault herself into a bigger world.

When Martin connected with Swift, she had already enjoyed major hits like “You Belong With Me” and “Love Story,” which started in country and vaulted the fence into pop.

Operating from a Victorian mansion just steps from Hyde Park, the company has recently seen a surge of wealthy customers hoping to stuff gold into the hundreds of safe-deposit boxes in its subterranean, steel-encased vault.

That was an admission that reserves in the bank’s vault were running low.

Universal substantially increased the budget and abandoned underground racing for an “Ocean’s 11”-style heist that climaxed with a car racing through Rio de Janeiro while dragging a bank vault.