Amanda Seyfried Joined ‘You Can See Everything’ Before Her Agent or Lawyer Knew
Amanda Seyfried is finally talking about ‘You Can See Everything,’ the Elizabeth Holmes documentary everyone has been discussing this fall. Her role had been kept secret. Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim directed the A24 film, which premiered as an unannounced screening at the Telluride Film Festival on September 6.
Seyfried has a long history with the Theranos story. She played Holmes in the 2022 miniseries ‘The Dropout’ and won an Emmy for it. Fielder brought her into the documentary after Emma Stone, his ‘The Curse’ costar and friend, gave him her number. At first, she only agreed to watch the footage the directors had already shot.
Now she has revealed how unusual her involvement was. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, she said she started filming before her reps knew about it and without signing any deal through her lawyer.
Seyfried admitted she skipped the usual Hollywood steps. “I would say there was a lot of risk in the back of my head, and then when I told my agent and lawyer that I had already done it… Not the normal process,” she told Rolling Stone. “But I go off and do my own thing sometimes, and nobody had any say or control over what I was doing with Nathan and Lance.”
Her lawyer had to step in after filming had already started. They retroactively put a deal in place to protect her, at a point when reenactments weren’t even being discussed yet. Fielder confirmed she had very little say.
He said Seyfried had no creative control over the project and no approval over any of the footage that was filmed. He also said he skipped the usual step of going through her representation to secure her participation and negotiate terms.
The new trailer for ‘YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING’ has been released. The documentary follows Elizabeth Holmes as she invites Nathan Fielder to document her every move before she goes to prison. In theaters on October 16. https://t.co/hgDEjaCTWK
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Seyfried said the risk was on her mind throughout filming. She worried about damaging her career, about getting caught up with Holmes’ partner Billy Evans, and about adding to the negativity directed at Holmes.
Her role grew well beyond watching footage. She ended up playing Holmes again to help Fielder reenact scenes he hadn’t been able to film. She said the real footage gave her more to draw on than she’d had before.
The most talked-about part of the interview is her dinner with Evans at his home in Texas, one of the film’s most intense scenes. It started with a phone call from Holmes, and the directors confirmed it unfolded in real time with no advance planning. Seyfried confronted Evans about controlling Holmes’ social media without her approval.
She said she’d developed a bad feeling about him from watching the footage and wanted answers. Seyfried said Evans became aggressive at the table, and she called “aggressive” the more diplomatic word for it.
Despite the stress, she doesn’t regret it. Seyfried said she is glad she took part, though she doesn’t plan to make another documentary like this one. The gamble seems to have paid off. Since opening, ‘You Can See Everything’ has become a cinematic event, an early Oscar contender and the season’s most-discussed movie. It also swept the Critics Choice Documentary Awards.
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