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Mamma Mia: Seyfreid Talks On-Set Romance, 'Alice in Wonderland'
You can't help but wonder if
Mamma Mia! will be the breakthrough role for
Amanda Seyfried. True, audiences have seen her
in Mean Girls and Big Love, but she's in a much bigger spotlight
here, singing and acting alongside
Meryl Streep,
Pierce Brosnan, and
Colin Firth.
"Before I got the role, I used to sing, but not
professionally," she tells
The Daily Mail, "and as soon as I heard
about Mamma Mia! I knew I had to do it.
I was nervous singing for [ABBA members] Benny and Björn and I just did the best
I could."
Adds Seyfried, "But nothing in the film was really that
challenging as I was basically playing myself. Sophie’s a young girl excited
about life, so it just felt right."
That's not the only thing that felt right, apparently.
Though you rarely hear such talk when these things fizzle, the 22-year-old
actress is remarkably candid about her on-set fling with her on-screen
fiancé
Dominic Cooper. In real life, Seyfried was in a
two-year relationship with actor and musician Jesse Marchant, and Cooper had
been with the same girl for 12 years, although that relationship apparently
survived the dalliance.
"I just found him funny and it was like we were the same
person – except that he’s British, almost 30 and a man," gushes the ebullient
actress. "We both look like frogs with our wide-set eyes, we’re both indecisive
and neither of us has a lot of willpower."
You don't hear phraseology like that everyday to
describe the spark of love: Low willpower? Check. Indecisive? Check. Toady?
Check.
As for the one she left behind, Jesse Marchant? "‘I
mean, I think he’s the one to be with and marry but not right now. I just hope
he’s still in love with me six years from now."
She certainly has a different perspective on things,
doesn't she?
But she does talk about her work in the Daily Mail
piece including her optimism about
Tim Burton's
Alice in Wonderland. Now, a couple of weeks
back,
we reported that somebody you'd really have to
unspool the mental rolodex to find was tapped for the role. But the sources
sounded fishy and there was supposed be a press release about it last week,
which never materialized.
"I think I’m a real candidate for that. I mean, I’m not
even close [to being cast] and it’s very far away, but I want it really badly
because I respect him so much as a director." Amanda adds, " He likes
weird-looking people for his movies, so I’m really hoping."
Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 02:17PM
by
Colin Boyd
in Tim Burton, Musicals, Alice in Wonderland, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried
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10 Comments
Colin Boyd
in Tim Burton, Musicals, Alice in Wonderland, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried
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10 Comments
Reader Comments (10)
Her breasts are psychic.
her breasts are psychic
Well, they're really nice, but I doubt they can foretell the future.
There's a 30% chance that it's already raining!
Ahh, nice Mean Girls callback. See, I didn't get it the first time. Terrible with movie quotes, as it turns out.
she has an amazing voice im still humming the songs. the only time its acceptable to sing abba
I love Amanda's voice in the songs she sings in Mamma Mia. The shallow-fast tremellow is awesome! If she has any albums out I want to get one. I loved her in this movie - and I'm over 60. I'm a die-hard Abba fan anyway. The Movie is better than the play.
LW
That movie was so great!!!!!! It was the best movie I have seen in a long time, and I hope Mamma Mia! comes out on DVD soon, especially with extras. I would love to see how much fun they had making the movie!!!
I believe this is my favorite movie of all time.... What a treat ....... a visual FEAST
why does she have such a low self image of herself? I mean, frog? weird-looking? come on!