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Amanda Seyfried reprises Elizabeth Holmes role in documentary
Amanda Seyfried plays Elizabeth Holmes again in You Can See Everything, a documentary about the former Theranos founder.
Seyfried also appears as herself in the film by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim.
It follows Holmes and her husband, Billy Evans, in the weeks before she began an 11-year prison sentence in Texas in May 2023.
The film continues after Holmes goes to prison, using Seyfried in reenactments of scenes the crew could not film.
Seyfried previously played Holmes in the Hulu series The Dropout and won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for that performance.
She said taking on work that scares her feels good when it has a mostly positive impact.
The documentary has drawn an enthusiastic response, and Seyfried says she is relieved her role is no longer secret.
Amanda Seyfried reprises her role as Elizabeth Holmes in the documentary You Can See Everything.
The film is by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim and centers on the disgraced Theranos founder.
Seyfried appears as herself and reenacts scenes that the documentary crew could not film.
The documentary follows Holmes and her husband, Billy Evans, before she reports to prison, then continues after she is incarcerated.
Seyfried said she felt relieved that her involvement had been revealed and that taking on a role that scared her felt good.
- Who
- Amanda Seyfried reprises her role as Elizabeth Holmes; the documentary also features Holmes and Billy Evans.
- What
- Seyfried appears as herself and reenacts scenes in You Can See Everything.
- When
- The film was released in theaters on October 16; Holmes reported to prison in May 2023.
- Where
- The documentary follows Holmes and Evans at their home and later covers Holmes’s incarceration at Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Bryan, Texas.
- Why
- Seyfried said she seeks work that is new and challenging, and that taking a risk felt good.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Hulu’s The Dropout, starring Seyfried as Holmes, premiered.
Holmes was convicted of wire fraud and conspiracy.
Holmes reported to Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Bryan, Texas.
Seyfried’s appearance was revealed during the documentary’s surprise premiere at Telluride.
You Can See Everything was released in theaters.
- Film
- You Can See Everything
- Directors
- Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim
- Seyfried’s earlier Holmes role
- The Dropout, which premiered March 4, 2022
- Prison sentence
- Holmes received an 11-year sentence
- Prison location
- Federal Prison Camp Bryan, Bryan, Texas
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What people are saying
It’s important for me as an actor, an artist, I mean, a mom, of course, but as a person in the world who loves to work, to find things that I haven’t done before and to do things that scare me in a specific way
And when you follow through with something that scares you and it comes out the other end that it’s something that’s having an impact, a mostly positive impact, it always feels good because you take a risk.