Amanda Seyfried says she ‘did her best’ for the ‘evil’ role

Amanda Seyfried remembers the audition bad.

in conversation Behind the scenesThe actress considered auditioning for the role of Glinda in Universal’s upcoming adaptation of the hit musical while filming the Hulu series. abandonment.

“I have dreams that I keep chasing bad. Last summer when I was playing Elizabeth [on The Dropout]I was personally over the weekend to play Glinda in the film version. bad “Because I really wanted to, as if to say, ‘You know what? Yes, I have to play the last scene. abandonment On Tuesday. I give you my Sunday. “I literally walked away from the most difficult role of my life,” Seyfried said.

The role of Glinda was played by John M. In Chu’s film, Ariana Grande is finally saved and plays alongside Cynthia Erivo, the film’s Elphaba.

Seyfried previously starred in the 2012 film adaptation. The miserable Like Cosette, and the audit process badSeyfried said, “It showed me how far I could go as a singer, what I really wanted to show.”

He explained: “Because since Les Miz, I was like, it should be better. I have to do better, so whatever happens in the musical, I’m finally ready.

ONE bad The film adaptation has been in development at Universal since 2004, a year after the musical’s Broadway debut. The stage musical, adapted from the Gregory Maguire novel, is a prequel the witch of the day and represents the friendship between Glinda, the good witch, and Elphaba, the evil witch of the west.

In April it was announced that bad The film will be split into two films, the first being released in December 2024 and the second the following Christmas.

“As we’ve been in production for the past year, it’s become increasingly clear that it would be impossible to fit Evil’s story into a movie without doing some real damage to it. When we tried to cut songs or characters, those decisions felt like a fatal compromise with the source material that had entertained us for so many years,” Chu. he writes In a statement on Twitter at the time.