Amanda Seyfried has opened up about secretly reprising her role as Elizabeth Holmes in the documentary You Can See Everything, describing the experience as both exciting and creatively rewarding. The actress admitted that she deliberately seeks out projects that challenge her, even when they push her beyond familiar territory. Now that her involvement is public, Seyfried is embracing the risks behind her latest return to one of her most acclaimed roles.

But returning to Holmes was not simply a matter of slipping back into a familiar character. This time, Seyfried stepped into a documentary that blurs the boundaries between real encounters and cinematic reconstruction.

Speaking to PEOPLE magazine at the New York premiere of Netflix’s Steps on November 8, Amanda Seyfried expressed relief that her involvement in You Can See Everything was finally out in the open.  She then explained what attracted her to the unusual assignment.

"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,” she added.

She also shared with PEOPLE, that following through on a frightening creative decision becomes especially rewarding when the finished work makes a “mostly positive impact.” The former Theranos founder first entered Seyfried’s career through Hulu’s The Dropout (2022), a limited series chronicling Holmes’s extraordinary rise and spectacular downfall. Seyfried transformed that public image into a layered performance, winning both an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her portrayal.

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That appetite for unfamiliar challenges is also evident in another project bringing Seyfried into the spotlight. While her return as Holmes revisits one of her most talked-about dramatic performances, her latest animated outing takes her into the altogether different world of fairy tales.

Speaking to the Associated Press at the Steps premiere, Amanda Seyfried reflected on the responsibility of voicing Cinderella, one of the most recognizable princesses in popular culture.

“Being able to embody somebody so iconic in some way, in this very specific way, it’s really special. It’s wonderful,” she said.

However, she acknowledged that taking on such an enduring character also comes with pressure, describing the responsibility as “a little stressful.”

Seyfried added that the challenge of inhabiting familiar characters in new ways is precisely what keeps her interested in acting. In Steps, the familiar fairytale gets a fresh animated makeover, shifting attention toward Cinderella’s stepsisters, who have traditionally occupied the villainous margins of the story. For Seyfried, voicing Cinderella offers an opportunity to revisit a character with an extraordinary cultural legacy while contributing to a retelling that approaches the classic story from a different angle.

These two projects represent very different creative challenges, from stepping back into the complicated world of Elizabeth Holmes to lending her voice to one of fairy tales’ most enduring princesses. Both demonstrate Seyfried's appetite for characters that demand something new from her as a performer. 

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