'The Dropout' star Amanda Seyfried says she's feeling a lot more respect in the industry these days, but it's not because of her body of work.
“Oh, I know why: I was 19 and I didn’t want to upset anybody, and I wanted to keep my job. In reality, the “Mamma Mia!” star said she spent most of her 20s “just hating everything that came out of my mouth” and worrying she wouldn’t have anything to offer acting-wise. “There’s a respect level that I have never felt so fully around me,” the Emmy- and Oscar-nominated star recently told Porter magazine.
Amanda Seyfried is reflecting on how she felt when filming nude scenes when she started her career and there were no intimacy coordinators on set.
“The role of intimacy coordinators greatly improves safety and well-being on sets and in productions requiring intimate scenes,” said Fran Drescher, the union’s president. “Being 19, walking around without my underwear on – like, are you kidding me? Amanda Seyfried is reflecting on her career and the pressure she felt over shooting nude scenes at a young age.
Amanda Seyfried revealed that looking back she "didn't want to upset anybody" by turning down scenes involving her just in underwear.
“I was like 18 years old,” the “Mank” actress said. Because ever since ‘Les Mis,’ I was like, I need to be better. “It was just gross.” They think they have to have an assistant. “Oh, I know why: I was 19 and I didn’t want to upset anybody, and I wanted to keep my job. How did I let that happen?” Seyfried explained.
Being 19, walking around without my underwear on – like, are you kidding me? How did I let that happen?” Amanda Seyfried told Porter magazine.
“And I was like, ‘Oh God, it doesn’t matter who it is! “It has nothing to do with any level of fame or recognition or critical acclaim. “I always felt really grossed out by that,” Seyfried noted.
Amanda Seyfried reflects on the early days of her career and how she has found self-confidence in her 30s in an interview with Porter magazine.
Not one thing can crush my life, unless it has to do with my family," she said to Porter. Perhaps this positive attitude is how she dealt with missing out on the role of Glinda in the upcoming "Wicked" film. Whatever it is, it's not because of Mank, it's not because of The Dropout, it's not about having seen my movies. It's a path that is certainly working out well for the actor. "Oh, I know why: I was 19 and I didn't want to upset anybody, and I wanted to keep my job. [I had] no expectation of being singled out, and that's partly my self-deprecating nature. Yet the actor has reflected on her early days in the industry and opened up to Porter magazine on 8 Aug about how she has grown in confidence after some questionable moments at the beginning of her career.
Amanda Seyfried said she put herself in uncomfortable situations on set because "I wanted to keep my job."
“West Side Story” breakout Rachel Zegler was more forceful, writing on social media that “intimacy coordinators establish an environment of safety for actors.” She added, “I was extremely grateful for the one we had on ‘West Side Story’ — they showed grace to a newcomer like myself and educated those around me who’ve had years of experience. Bean argued that “the natural way lovers behave” is “ruined by someone bringing it right down to a technical exercise.” Several actors have since come forward to comment on Bean’s opinion, including his “Snowpiercer” co-star Lena Hall. “Oh, I know why: I was 19 and I didn’t want to upset anybody and I wanted to keep my job.
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"It was devastating," she said about the role. I lost out on a big role that I really wanted- [well], I thought I really wanted," she said. It was just gross," she recalled.
Amanda Seyfried admitted she carried on with shooting nude scenes at age 19 because she was scared of losing her job. Read about her reflection here.
Not one thing can crush my life, unless it has to do with my family.” “Nothing can crush me completely, when it comes to work. In her Porter interview, she admits to finally cracking the code when it comes to how she keeps herself grounded in the face of societal pressures. “When I meet somebody who’s younger, like in their twenties, and they get rejected…by a job or something like that, it crushes them completely for a minute,” she says. “Oh, I know why: I was 19 and I didn’t want to upset anybody, and I wanted to keep my job. Amanda Seyfried made her on-screen debut when she was just a teenager in the 1999 season of As the World Turns before joining popular soap operas like All My Children and eventually landing her breakout role in Mean Girls, which has to be a certifiable cult-classic by now.
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Whatever it is, it’s not because of Mank, it’s not because of The Dropout, it’s not about having seen my movies. Amanda Seyfried has been acting for decades, and after years in the industry, she’s got a few unsavory stories to share. She told the magazine, “I always felt really grossed out by that.
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“It would inhibit me more because it’s drawing attention to things.” “I think the natural way lovers behave would be ruined by someone bringing it right down to a technical exercise,” he told ‘The Times of London’. “Oh, I know why: I was 19 and I didn’t want to upset anybody, and I wanted to keep my job.
In a new interview, 'Mean Girls' and 'Mamma Mia!' star Amanda Seyfried has revealed that she was "pressured" into filming nude scenes when just a teenager.
Despite her successes, Seyfried still felt that she was an “imposter” in the industry, and wanted to do everything in her power to impress those in power. Weighing in on the latest subject, the Mean Girls star then expressed her wish that there were intimacy coordinators back then, as she was put in many “uncomfortable situations”. The actor has claimed that she was pressured into filming nude scenes when just a teenager due to fears of being fired.
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For actors like Bean, who came up in a time without them, it likely seems like the practice goes against a natural process, but with many disturbing accounts revealed since the #MeToo movement began, it seems like having an intimacy coordinator on set is a necessity. Director James Gunn has also weighed in on the issue, saying that intimacy coordinators "simply make sure everyone is on the same page - the director & all actors involved." Intimacy coordinators are a relatively new fixture in Hollywood, helping not only to ease actors into love scenes and make sure they are comfortable, but also to craft the scene so that it achieves the desired effect.
"Being 19, walking around without my underwear on—like, are you kidding me?"
"It was just gross." Oh, I know why: I was 19, and I didn't want to upset anybody, and I wanted to keep my job. In her teenage years, Seyfried starred in soap operas As the World Turns and All My Children, where she was required to do some nude scenes.
Amanda's comments come after she revealed the “gross” things men said to her when Mean Girls was released.
“I always feel really grossed out by that,” she explained. In the movie, Karen has a scene where she predicts the weather by groping her breasts. “I was 19 and I didn’t want to upset anybody, and I wanted to keep my job. I’m respected because I’m 36 years old and I know who the fuck I am.” Opening up about how her experience has changed over the past 17 years, Amanda told the publication: “There’s a respect level that I have never felt so fully around me. But people liked me because I was easy.”
In a new interview with Porter, Amanda Seyfried opening up about the pressure she felt to shoot nude scenes at only 19 years old in order "to keep my job."
Not one thing can crush my life, unless it has to do with my family.” That’s why.” While Seyfried didn’t name the project she was referring to, she did say she wished that her acting career could have started now, as intimacy coordinators are becoming a more common requirement on set and actors are able to speak up more about their experiences thanks to the #MeToo movement. How did I let that happen?” she said, before “pausing in mock consideration,” according to the outlet.
Being 19, walking around without my underwear on–like, are you kidding me? How did I let that happen?”
i was extremely grateful for the one we had on WSS— they showed grace to a newcomer like myself + educated those around me who’ve had years of experience. Lena Hall, who filmed intimate scenes with Bean for Snowpiercer, responded by tweeting, “If I feel comfortable with my scene partner and with others in the room then I won’t need an intimacy coordinator. But this practice is still relatively new—as evidenced by a recent interview with Amanda Seyfried, who told Porter magazine that she wishes intimacy coordinators had been the norm on sets when she was an up-and-coming actor.
Amanda Seyfried has described coming under pressure to appear in nude scenes when she was just 19 years old and starting out in show business.
When it was suggested to him that intimacy coordinators are there to protect actresses in the wake of #MeToo, he replied: "I suppose it depends on the actress. "I do feel that intimacy coordinators are a welcome addition to the set and think they could also help with the trauma experienced in other scenes. , saying: "intimacy coordinators establish an environment of safety for actors. Our job as actors is to make it not look technical. i was extremely grateful for the one we had on WSS— they showed grace to a newcomer like myself + educated those around me who've had years of experience. That's why."
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While promoting The Dropout, Seyfried gave a different interview with Marie Claire, expressing how disappointed she’s been in the last few years due to male fans quoting her character from Mean Girls. While the film touched on many high school cliches, Seyfried’s character Karen was often viewed as dumb and a bit of a ditz, specifically in one scene where she touches her breasts to see if the weather has changed outside. Actor Amanda Seyfried has come a long way from her early days of acting on television and in films. Recently, Seyfried has brought the issue of nudity in scenes to the forefront and discussed her feelings on the matter in a post #MeToo environment.
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Jameela Jamil tweeted that “nobody wants an impromptu grope,” while Bean’s Snowpiercer co-star, Lena Hall, said she was “comfortable” with Bean but that intimacy coordinators are still “a welcome addition to the set.” Per Deadline, Philippa Childs, the head of British broadcast union Bectu, said Bean’s “disappointing” comments failed to acknowledge “his position of privilege and the vulnerabilities and challenges many in the industry, particularly young and less experienced actors, may face as they engage in shooting intimate scenes.” Bean’s comments prompted backlash from a number of actors, including Rachel Zegler, who tweeted that “spontaneity in intimate scenes can be unsafe” and that intimacy coordinators “establish an environment of safety for actors,” recalling a positive experience she had while working with one as a “newcomer” on the West Side Story set. “Oh, I know why: I was 19 and I didn’t want to upset anybody, and I wanted to keep my job.