While reprising one of her most talked about roles, Amanda Seyfried conquered some artistic fears.
The You Can See Everything star, who appears in the A24 doc after her Emmy and Golden Globe-winning performance as its subject Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu’s The Dropout (2022), recently said she’s “relieved” and “excited” that her role in the Nathan Fielder/Lance Oppenheim experimental film has been revealed.
“It’s important for me as an actor, an artist, I mean, a mom, of course, but as a person in the world who loves to work, to find things that I haven’t done before and to do things that scare me in a specific way,” she told People.
Seyfried added, “And when you follow through with something that scares you and it comes out the other end that it’s something that’s having an impact, mostly positive impact, it always feels good because you take a risk.”
In You Can See Everything, disgraced Theranos founder invites Fielder into her and husband Billy Evans’ home to document everything in the month leading up to the start of her 11-year prison sentence on fraud charges. In a big twist, the documentary continues after Holmes reports to prison in Bryan, Texas in 2023, with Seyfried reprising her role in reenactments of moments that were not captured on video.
With Seyfried’s appearance revealed during the doc’s surprise September premiere at Telluride, A24 has been building Oscar buzz for the actress, which would be the first time a documentary re-enactor has been nominated in an acting category.
