AMANDA SEYFRIED


MY KIDS WERE SPEAKING WITH A MANCHESTER ACCENT


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Hollywood star Amanda Seyfried is being tipped to land her second Oscar nomination for her performance in new film ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’.


The ‘Mamma Mia’ star was previously up for Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards in 2020 for her role in David Fincher’s ‘Mank’.


‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ is an epic fable about religious leader Ann Lee, the founding leader of the Shaker Movement, who was proclaimed by her followers as the female Christ and went on to build one of the largest utopian societies in American history. Lee - one of the rare female religious leaders at the time - and her followers worshipped through exuberant song and dance.


Amanda was at the recent SCAD Savannah Film Festival for a screening of the film and to be honoured with the Vanguard Award. At the event, she sat down to talk about what attracted her to her latest role, how her kids started speaking in a Manchester accent because she practised UK-born Lee’s voice so much at home plus how she had to learn to dance and un-learn how to sing for the part.


She also discussed some of the broader themes of the film, how having children has made her more thoughtful about her movie projects and more.


‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ is directed by Mona Fastvold [co-writer of ‘The Brutalist’] and also stars Lewis Pullman, Thomasin McKenzie, Christopher Abbott and Stacy Martin.


Interview by Lucy Allen LIVE24-SEVEN.COM


INTERVIEW AMANDA SEYFRIED


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