A-Lister Reveals Fear Top Secret Role Would ‘Destroy’ Her Career

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The Emmy winner disclosed exactly what led her to take the role—and how she dealt with her on-camera adversary. WARNING: Spoilers ahead.

Amanda Seyfried is shedding light on her explosive cameo in You Can See Everything, saying she was afraid the project could “destroy” her career. Instead, it might win her an Oscar.

The A-list actress, 40, secretly appeared in Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder’s groundbreaking three-hour documentary about disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. The film follows Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, in the 34 days before the businesswoman was sent to prison for 11 years on fraud charges.

In a new conversation with Rolling Stone, Field, Oppenheimer, and Seyfried sat down together for the first time to talk about the experience—and the film everyone is talking about.

Seyfried makes a surprise entry near the halfway mark of the documentary. Her involvement was hidden from teasers, trailers, and the press.

The directors explained they decided to involve Seyfried, whose professional history is already intertwined with Holmes’s story, after the initial filming was completed. The actress won an Emmy for portraying Holmes in Hulu’s The Dropout in 2022.

In the film, she reprises her role as Holmes in re-enactments, but also has a mind-bending confrontation with Evans over a tense dinner as herself.

After an initial Zoom call to gauge Seyfried’s interest, she joined the project. Seyfried said to Fielder, “I was totally game to do whatever you needed.”

“Yes! I mean, there was always this vibration of risk and that sensation of: Am I going to destroy my career in some way? Am I going to get entangled in this, like, wasp’s nest with Billy [Evans]?” she responded. “Am I gonna say the wrong thing? Am I gonna perpetuate negativity for her? Everything was scary, but I still had that drive that was more in the front seat — which was the literal front seat with you in the car. I was just like, ‘Let’s go, buddy! I want to put my hand in the fire!’”

Despite her trepidation, Seyfried’s cameo has received unequivocal praise from critics and audiences, prompting unlikely acting Oscars buzz…

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