Amanda Seyfried Says This Elizabeth Holmes Moment Was Vital for The Dropout
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- čas přidán 1. 03. 2022
- Amanda Seyfried and Naveen Andrews chat with ET's Lauren Zima about portraying the downfall of Elizabeth Holmes’ Silicon Valley empire in 'The Dropout.' The actress reveals what interview with the Theranos founder she watched 'over and over' to get into character on the set. Amanda and Naveen, who plays Sunny Balwani, share what they want to ask the real-life figures. Plus, Amanda does her best impression of the fraudster’s trademark deep voice. ‘The Dropout’ premieres March 3 with three episodes and the remaining episodes debut weekly on Hulu.
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This role is an inspiring step forward in Amanda's career.
in that deep voice XD
Totally said it out loud in deep voice. You win :)
I understood that reference.
@@number1connieconversefan ok. Cause I would say, give me a break. Seen her carry a whole movie. Let alone some of the many great movies she’s been in and been a huge impact on.
Exactly. She was a star before, but this is legend making superstar stuff.
Amanda KILLS IT on this roll. Completely outstanding performance.
You can tell how much she disliked holmes.
Role*
@@theobserver8881 excuse me 🙃😅
Yep! Agree! She's fantastic
Other than the blonde hair and huge blue eyes I didn’t think she really looked all that much like Elizabeth Holmes. Elizabeth Holmes seemed much taller than Amanda S. I was skeptical Amanda could pull it off. Amanda exceeded my expectations. Despite the height difference, Amanda was really convincing. She picked up the intense crazy mannerism so well, to an extent where I can’t see Jennifer Lawrence pulling it off in the movie.
I’m so glad Amanda is taking dramatic roles- she’s so captivating and she has serious acting chops!
Amanda had few dramatic roles before in indie films
She’s always been doing dramatic roles, just in indie films. She says it’s because Hollywood kept pigeonholing her in young ingénue or romantic lead roles. She wasn’t getting the roles she thought really showed her chops so she always did a lot of indies
lol she started for her looks. she's average actress mostly about her appearance. give her small eyes and she'd have no role offers.
@@u235u235u235 lmao i never thought she was pretty growing up. Didn’t watch most of her mainstream movies but she always delivered in character roles in the micro-budget/indie films I’ve seen from her. She is easily the most talented actress among her peers (Blake Lively, Emma Roberts, Kristen Stewart, Lindsay Lohan, etc were her peers) She was Oscar-nominated for Mank a year ago and she was easily the best actress there.
@@benjjjjsin come on, really? she was beautiful day one with the huge doe-eyes. search her name and add young and tell me what you see.
to be fair it's not always easy to look good with big eyes. you'll notice lots of people with very big eyes fall into the bug-eyed camp, which of course is unattractive. so to have big eyes set well into your skull without being bug eyes is not common.
1/2 the girls I know with really large eyes are cursed with bug eyes. lot of them think they have big beautiful eyes when they're young but they haven't figured out the bug eyes don't qualify as beautiful, they just make your face stand, and more expressive, out in a non-beautiful way.
*Its scary how much Amanda embodies Holmes, her acting is spot on…could not have been a better pick to portray that fraudulent narcissist*
The dancing too
Even “that” voice.
Someone as easygoing, charismatic, and likeable as Amanda Seyfried being able to transform into an awkward, detestable, robotic psychopath is a credit to her acting chops. I can't believe someone could capture the creepiness of Elizabeth Holmes so perfectly.
She deserves an AWARD for her performance it is remarkable
she most definitely will be getting nominations for sure
I wish they would make a second season in the aftermath of court cases for both Sunny and Liz and the fate of the board members who invested in this company. Greed makes you do stupid things.
Yes totally love her
She went from telling folks her breasts could predict the rain because she has ESPN and asking if you’re from a Africa, why aren’t you black in Mean Girls to this amazing role. Literally nailed it. So proud of her.
Dude 😅😅
She didn’t go from Karen in Mean Girls to Elizabeth Holmes in The Drop Out. Amanda had about a dozen other films in between.
if only her breasts could have predicted elizabeth's downfall
She was 19 in Mean girls (compare to Rachel McAdams, who was 26) and she did just great! Karen was the best character, much better then others. And between Mean girls and Dropout she had many strong roles, she is Oscar ans Golden Globe nominated. Very talented and successful for her age.
This is the role that finally shoots Amanda Seyfried’s to a whole new sphere. It was perfect for her and she’s really come through with it and became Elizabeth Holmes. Truly! It’s remarkable.
Especially those who know Amanda as an actress and familiar with her and how much she ISNT being herself in the role. It’s easy to be all done up in makeup, fashion and clothes and customs, and for your appearance to be changed but how she works the voice to put it dead on, the movements, the tone and range she’s gone to to be this role is outstanding.
If anything it shows what she’s capable of and I guarantee you major Hollywood executives and directors are lining up invitations to get her for their next projects .
She’s done several projects over the past few years that’s went beyond comedy to really show what she’s capable of in regards to drama and more serious roles. They just did not receive the same amount of press as this role. she’s way beyond ready to get the more serious, higher quality acting jobs moving forward.
Have you ever watched her in CHLOE? she was so amazing
She didn’t show an emotion she shows an emulated emotion. She’s not capable of compassion and feelings she learned to emulate them. Like she was emulation Steve Jobs.
100 percent
she is a sociopath and mimics human emotion
it is very difficult to play a true sociopath
I think Elizabeth Holmes may be the only person who is MORE entertaining to watch than the paid Hollywood actor. She is just so fascinating. I just can not understand how people were so taken with her 😂
Because they wanted to make money off of her, so they were willing to listen to whatever bs she was spinning.
Idk I think a lot was sunny because she comes off to me as a therapist who was with someone with Comorbid antisocial and narcissism for 7 years and have a daughter with autism, as someone with high functioning autism who was raised with a father who worked for Enron which was the first part of her development not knowing what was right and wrong in biz during prime mental development, so she saw this as Normal then meets and older biz man at 18 which increased that and even the show showcases his control with what she ate, how she dressed, even whispering in ear during interviews. She needs to take responsibility. It’s unfortunate that she had all of this around her grooming how she saw the world. She had the drive that high functioning autistic people can have if they do have that specific area of interest, I have seen clients and my young daughter think that they can just do something not understanding every step or social cues and correct displays of emotion, under stress either shut down or act out. She even has the stare that ppl some with high functioning autism can have which my own daughter has which became part of why they diagnosed her was that intense dead stare. She seemed to also showcase shared psychosis or as some refer to it as shared delusion with sunny. They both are at fault but it makes one wonder if she had different parents and different first long term boyfriend as well as not been raped on top of it all, what she would’ve been like. But now she must face what she did regardless if it is antisocial, autism or narcissism or duel diagnosis. I’m not her therapist I am only going off what I’ve seen from her, my education and practice as well as lived exeperinces. Sunny is a whole other study of the psyche that people don’t talk enough about. This was a man much much older than her and she was under 25 when they met where she was still very vulnerable to grooming. And going back to her father even if she does have a personality disorder, her view on business is distorted by having a father who was involved in a corporation who did much worse long term than her’s did. It’s just an interesting case psychologically. Because maybe she did have high functioning autism but also had a personality disorder, which is completely possible. I think she really thought that business you could skip certain things until it was ready, she didn’t finish school like she should have or work somewhere else to get some insight outside of family and sunny. The creation of who Elizabeth holmes is is very intriguing.
Her acting in this is phenomenal, the voice, the mannerisms, everything.
I thought the voice change was ridiculous when amanda did it till I checked out the real elizabeth holms vids... She Nailed it!
Wow she nailed that deep voice
Can't wait to watch this amanda is such a underated actress I really hope she gets more recognition for her acting.
She's not underrated at all. She's just not a good actress, but she is incredibly annoying
@@bloomingaccents she's an oscar nominee lol better shut your mouth little girl
@@bloomingaccents huh? She’s consistently known for her good performances from mainstream fluffs to indie dramas. Didn’t she get an Oscar nomination last year too? Lol
I love how the interviewer is really genuine and truly knows what she is talking/asking about. Entertainment Tonight misses the mark a lot but Lauren Zima is a gem
I love seeing Naveen Andrews (my boy Sayid!) back in the spotlight. He's such a talented actor. And of course, I love Amanda, she is brilliant in this role.
Amanda is KILLING this role, bug-eye look, insane deep voice and all!
OMG, how I've missed Amanda's normal speaking voice. She's so beautiful but honestly the fake voice (necessary for playing Elizabeth H of course) just changed her in such inexplicable ways. Great acting too.
Somehow I think this series makes Elizabeth look cooler and smarter than she really is.
If you’ve seen ‘Inventing Anna’ on Netflix, then you’ll see the same pattern. Probably the same with ‘Tinder Swindler’ from Netflix too!!!!
@@crys4rmsd619 Right-- well, they're all antiheroes. They're doing wrong but you still root for them because they're underdogs. With Holmes, though, there was a real risk of misdiagnosing massive numbers of people. That goes way beyond grift. Lives were at stake. So no: maybe smart, but not cool.
It's just the art and drama needed to make viewers watch the show.
How does she seem cool? The show makes her look painfully awkward, which she was lol
when everyone was doubting her in the beginning I was rooting for her, then I remembered she is the villain in all of this lol
I just love that of all the vocal inflections and accents Naveen Andrews could choose for this role, he went with Sayid Jarrah. I've only seen him in this and Lost, but hearing his real voice just now, I'm just perplexed.
He uses his natural accent in Bride and Prejudice if you want to hear more.
Amanda gave me goosebumps .When you compare her side by side with the real Elizabeth,in the interview clip,she is spot on word for word and mannerism .Its really amazing !
I binged the Elizabeth Holmes story because Amanda Seyfried is my favourite actressof all Amanda Seyfried did such an amazing job with this character
First I thought she didn't nail the creepy factor up until I got to the boat scene. Absolutely captured her batshit crazy eyes.
Wow, Naveen Andrews is "back", haven't seen him since the Lost days. And Amanda Seyfried, what a performance!
he was amazing in sense8 :)
Syaid!!!
If Amanda doesn't win ALL the awards for this role I'm going to boycott any and all other shows, knives, actors, Hollywood-er stuff, lol.
She is so so underrated and has always mastered whatever role she plays. But this role. Goodness gracious.
Oh.. yes. He is good too. LoL
Can I just say that Amanda Seyfried is JUST precious! She’s so down to earth and relatable yet refined. The way she did this interview shows her personality so well!
Amanda's performance is really incredible!! I never realized how awkward she is in interviews. I have social anxiety, so I can relate. I wonder if she does. Believe it or not a lot of great actors do.
Bill Hader suffers from it something shocking, and he's fantastic beyond words.
Also really? I didn't find Amanda awkward here at all. She just seems comfortable and relaxed being herself.
Idk what was awkward about it lol
I don't think she's being awkward here
I noticed the awkwardness too, Stephen. She felt kind of disconnected in the interview. Maybe it was that, anxiety.
She was really great acting the part though.
It struck me more as just that she's not a deep thinker nor particularly articulate. Reminds me of interviews I've seen with Bill Murray.
Amanda definitely deserves an Oscars! She even captured Elizabeth’s nodding her head and her stern voice.
an oscar for a show?
@@aathenaiz6151 both
I think you meant Emmy or Golden Globe, maybe? Since the former is specifically for shows and the latter has categories for shows while the Oscars are exclusively for film and film related categories. But agreed - I think she deserves the Emmy for this role!!
Every actor in this show brought their a-game. I can't praise it enough for just being very entertaining and engaging.
Amanda Seyfried is SO Damn Underrated!!! How this Young Woman does NOT have an Oscar yet, is BEYOND Me Lol... I have NO Doubt that One is her Future!!! 👌🏼🤞🏻💪🏼💯💐🧡🔥
At least she was nominated though she definitely deserved the win. Makes me sad that Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence got ones before her when Amanda is more talented by far
Amanda nails it-and it’s so good to see Naveen Andrews in such a strong role again! He’s a fantastic actor and just as handsome as when he was in Lost
Naveen gave a great performance. Ask him some questions
WOW! Amanda got the tone and deep voice perfectly!
I wish they would do just one more episode where we get to see Amanda’s trial and her sentencing on Oct 7. I just loved the show so much I don’t want it to ever end
Amanda being shocked that she binged watched it was funny because I literally binged watched it too!!
I didn’t know about this amazing show and I saw a clip of Amanda’s performance on CZcams where she was doing Elizabeth’s voice and it MADE me watch the show. I am now about to watch the last episode of the first season. This is such a fantastic series, Amanda fully embodies and becomes Elizabeth. She definitely deserves an award for this one.
Amanda is a great actress and I'm looking forward to this show.
What will it be playing on?
Agree. Glad they chose her to play Holmes. She would be perfect.
@@aubrey7753 Hulu first 3 episodes dropped
@@tmic4043 I loved it. There's only 4 episodes though. Waiting patiently for the rest.
Watched it and it’s very well done.
“I feel devastated that we did not catch and fix these issues faster”
Which issue was that Liz, the issue that your product never actually existed?
Would have been nice to hear more from Naveen Andrews
AMANDA DESERVES AN AWARD FOR THIS. She’s great and kudos to the casting director too!
Great interview and Amanda is phenomenal! the tone of her voice is spot on. I loveeee Amanda
I thought this was much too flattering casting, but she kinda does look right when she doesn't brush her hair.
Great Job Amanda!! I smell an Emmy.
Amanda, of course, KILLED it, but my god Naveen was so captivating, too.
Amanda... this is an inspiring step forward...
I had the best experience watching it because I didn't know anything about the story, so I was rooting for her at the beginning :)
Can't wait to watch
I'm ready for the next season!! I wish I had spaced it out 😪
What an amazing casting! She does a fabulous job!
Show was amazing. Perfect acting. You played Elizabeth craziness perfectly!
She is amazing in this role and her effort shows
The show is so good, I was not expecting to have it become appt viewing. Mind blowing stuff.
Naveen Andrews was great too, he totally anchored the series, Amanda was in every scene I can't tell you how brutal that is well done the entire series is a work of art.
Amanda Seyfried definitely knocked this out of the park.
She’s a phenomenal actress !! Love this series !
she is my fave actress now. she's so cool and real
Can't wait to see this. Amanda is a good choice 👌
These two were amazing. No disrespect to Jennifer Lawrence - I think physically she fits the role well, maybe even better than Amanda, and I'm sure her performance would be fine - but I just don't imagine her surpassing Amanda in any way. The "emotional blankness" that Amanda portrayed, while still managing to show depth from within, is a revelation. Whether she wins any awards or not, I'm already more impressed with the performance she gave for this one than for the performance which "won" Jennifer Lawrence an Oscar. And I love Naveen Andrews' humor and supportive personality off-camera! :)
Amanda doesn't fully capture the psycho eyes, and the show, in my opinion, paints Elizabeth in an almost innocent young girl over her head way instead of the narcissistic con artist she really is.
I agree
Yeah, she's got some innocence coming across, but I definitely sense the manipulation/narcissistic elements too? Personally I think her performance is phenomenal 👌; I also think the real EH was likely in many states of denial/delusion?
Y’all have to remember we’re seeing the whole thing from Elizabeth Holmes perspective , she seems herself as charming, innocent and so did the world. That’s the whole point and the whole reason she fooled so many people. The show definitely went over YOUR head if you disagree
@@yalilgomez6634 Oh, I see. I'm not entitled to my own opinion or it's "over my head" ie I'm dumb. Thanks, got it.
It's so good!!
The voice was unexpectedly good lol. Wish they found an actress with a longer face though
right
I think Ashley Tisdale would've been a good candidate.
@@MrDJCue yeah her face shape matches. I guess they prioritised the eyes more when choosing the actress
Kate McKinnon would've been great but happy with Amanda too.
amanda did a fantastic job in this! totally immersed in the character
It was aseome to see Naveen Andrews again, he was so good in Lost as Sayid and of course 1996's smash hit Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (jk just saw that on imdb....I assume it was Oscar worthy though).
Anyone has the link to watch that original interview where Elizabeth Holmes was saying “I feel devastated…” ? Please share with me!!! Thank you!
Favorite show of the year so far!
took me a while to notice but it's sayid from lost!
So funny. When I watched a documentary about Holmes, during it, i cast Naveen and Amanda in the roles in my head and now there's a movie and they're in it? ok, a lil freaky. Very cool though. Wish I had Hulu to see it!
Hulu sometimes has deals or you can do a bundle with another service. Def recommend checking out this series, it’s binge worthy.
legends, both of them are legends Amanda was incredible in this role but they are both amazing.
so amazing just like the reporter ive been so into this case, the podcast's, the trial, I was a little skeptical about Amanda seyfriend at first but she is amazing, I love the show so far and I'm expecting some nominations for sure. Also such a great role for amanda's career, I feel like she needed this. almost like Robert Pattinson had lighthouse before landing Batman. This is lighthouse for amanda
Even her voice is spot on
Wow, the eyes and the voice! Looks like she killed it!
She really got into character !!
Holmes actually doesn’t show emotion when she says she was devastated. No eyebrow or mouth flicker, no change in vocal tone or pitch. No tears. But she was devasted.
I wonder if Elizabeth Holmes had watched Amanda’s portrayal of her ? and what she thinks.
Kudos to Naveen Andrews! Great actor!
Sayid!!!! Is this a sign I need to watch LOST again? I just saw Dom on Tigerbelly podcast and I remembered how much I cried when Charlie died :(
their chemistry was fantastic
Amanda should let Naveen talk more.
I love her acting always but she did amazing in this role, my only complain... the hair is not messy enough.
Anyone else obsessed with this story?
They deserve awards for this show! Especially Amanda.. very impressive!
She embodied Elizabeth Holmes. Nicely done!!
Liz is probably saying Amanda Is a great actress to play me. Lol
Karen from Mean Girls came a long way!!!😁
Lauren and Amanda look so much like each other that I thought it was just Amanda in a different moment watching a clip of herself. What has my sleep deprivation come to.
Cannot BELIEVE that this is the same person who delivered the line “I can fit my whole fist in my mouth. Wanna see?” That’s an impressive range.
I always had a crush on Naveen Andrews. I didn't know that was his name, I just know him as That Guy From Lost
I saw an ad for this series a few times on wikia. I would watch it if I could.
Try soap 2 day. It’s a website with a bunch of shows, just need to exit out the pop ups. Other than that, works well and the dropout is probably on there.
Why is this a movie it should just be a prison sentence and not promoted or praised!
Disagree.
She's amazing, Amanda is a legend!
I don't think I've seen anything with Amanda in it before. So impressed....only up to episode 3 so far but she nails. I thought her impersonation was off at first but now I see Holmes sat there instead of Amanda; I don't know what her normal idiosyncracies are but she goes wide eyed and has momentary thousand-yard stares even in this interview....so she's either gone full Joker or she already did that.
Amanda should get an Oscar, if they award Oscars for Netflix series.
Amanda is awesome. It’s hard to imagine Jennifer Lawrence playing this role but I’m excited to see how they compare!
Amanda Seyfried is lowkey one of my favorite actresses
she is absolutely outstanding in the serie, I had no idea she was that good.
0:16 so eerily accurate and creepy 😳
Excellent performance, she is incredible
0:30 those are holmes' eyes alright
I would ask for an honest answer asking if he believed in the device that they were creating. Would he trust it himself?
Amanda Seyfried is an amazing actress. She did great in the role of Elizabeth Holmes. But I prefer real documentary films to any feature movie or T.V. series dramatization.
Mamma Mia! She was so good as a Mean Girl.