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This article contains spoilers for You can see everything.
At the Academy Museum Gala Saturday night, everyone wanted to talk to Amanda Seyfried but no one, especially Seyfried herself, knew what to say. If you haven’t seen the documentary Elizabeth Holmes by Nathan Fielder You can see everything this weekend you may not know what I’m talking about, and I suggest you leave now so you don’t get spoiled.
In the second half of You can see everythingOnce Holmes begins serving his prison sentence and is no longer available to be filmed, Fielder turns to Seyfried to serve as a sounding board and reconstruct the conversations he had with Holmes. Seyfried gives a stunning performance as Holmes, but is perhaps even more convincing when she’s simply Amanda Seyfried, trying to reconcile the empathy she has for Holmes with her defensiveness toward his portrayal on television. (Not to mention her confrontation with Holmes’ husband, Billy Evans.) It’s a lot to digest as a viewer, so imagine being Seyfried, not only having experienced it, but now having to talk about it while wearing an evening gown. She did her best.
When The Hollywood Reporter Asked Seyfried what her life was like, she said it was “interesting” and that yes, interviews are tricky right now, but “for good reason.” She then explained that “everything that happens is meant to happen” and that “everyone who is in your life is meant to be in your life.” Seyfried also said that if you want to talk to him over the next few days, you could bring up topics like “emus,” “Halloween” and “anything related to, like, apple pie and, like, olives, and, you know, really good ciders.”
Seyfried said Deadline that the last 48 hours have been “really exciting” and that she’s “heard from a lot of people.” It’s a good start! How does it feel to finally have You can see everything in the world? “It’s just, it’s a good… It’s exciting, I guess,” Seyfried said. Does she know that she is the most compelling part of this film? That she’s generating unprecedented Oscar buzz for her performance in documentary reenactments? Get up, diva!
My favorite of Seyfried’s bizarre interviews was his conversation with Variety in which she and Marc Malkin both pretended they weren’t talking about You can see everything. He asked if there would ever be a second season of The dropoutshe smiled knowingly and said “I don’t think so, but life is long.” Malkin asked if she was a fan of Fielder and Seyfried replied that she was, but that she hadn’t “seen it all.” Does she want to meet Holmes? “I don’t know…life is long,” she repeated.
Life East long time, and I hope that means we will eventually get to a point where Seyfried can speak freely about You can see everything. By next week, I think we can wrap up this charade and start asking Seyfried some real questions about the film. People want to know how she felt at that dinner with Evans.
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