Amanda Seyfried breaks her silence on 'aggressive' confrontation with Elizabeth Holmes' partner Billy Evans in You Can See Everything
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By JACQUES PETERSON, US ASSISTANT SHOWBIZ EDITOR
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Amanda Seyfried is finally speaking out about her surprise role in the Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything.
The actress, 40, previously played Holmes in the scripted Hulu series The Dropout, and then bizarrely reprised the role for a number of reenactments in Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's buzzy new docufilm.
One of the most memorable scenes from the project saw Seyfried and Holmes' partner Billy Evans get into a jaw-dropping confrontation over dinner, which included heated clashes over the late Charlie Kirk and Seyfried's portrayal of Holmes in The Dropout.
Reflecting on the fight in her first interview about You Can See Everything, Seyfried told Rolling Stone, 'There was no reason for him to get that aggressive'.
'That's the word I'm going to use, as it's more diplomatic. If my jaw wasn't obviously on the floor, you could tell, like, it had come unhinged,' she continued.
'I don't want to provoke him, but at this point, it’s kind of like, the gloves are off. Because this guy has disrespected me in such a way that I was like, "Oh, I don’t think so, buddy."'
Amanda Seyfried is finally speaking out about her surprise role in the Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything
The actress clashes with Holmes' partner Billy Evans in the film, in what Seyfried now calls an 'aggressive' confrontation. (Holmes and Evans pictured together)
Seyfried also admitted that she started filming the documentary with Fielder before even consulting her agent or lawyer, and that she had 'no creative control' over any of it.
Despite the controversy that the project has caused so far, the Mean Girls actress has no regrets about participating in it.
'I don't regret it at all. I’m having the time of my life right now!' she gushed.
Seyfried is now drumming up serious Oscar buzz, with her odds for a Best Supporting Actress nomination growing by the day.
Her involvement in You Can See Everything was kept a strict secret leading up to its release, with her surprise performance blindsiding viewers who attended early screenings.
Seyfried already won Outstanding Lead Actress at the 2022 Emmys for her role as Holmes in The Dropout.
You Can See Everything is also tipped to make history as the first documentary to ever get a Best Picture nomination.
Some pundits are even predicting that it will win due to its critical acclaim, strong performance at the box office, and overall impact on the zeitgeist.
You Can See Everything is garnering significant Oscar buzz in multiple categories, including Best Picture
Seyfried, who already won an Emmy playing Holmes in Hulu's The Dropout, is tipped to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for playing Holmes in You Can See Everything
It's already grossed over $80million at the box office so far, and it hasn't even opened up in most international markets yet.
You Can See Everything is already doing well on the awards circuit, sweeping the recent Critics' Choice Documentary Awards with five wins, including Best Documentary Feature.
Directors Fielder and Oppenheim documented Holmes in the 34 days leading up to her 11 year prison sentence, with the footage making up the first half of You Can See Everything, before Seyfried comes in and steals the show in the second half.
In 2022, Holmes was convicted on four counts of fraud for raising hundreds of millions of dollars by misleading investors about the technology behind her healthcare startup.
The company claimed it could conduct hundreds of blood tests using a single drop of blood obtained through a finger prick, but a series of investigative articles published by The Wall Street Journal exposed the fraud.
Fielder, best known for his Comedy Central series Nathan for You and HBO show The Rehearsal, dominates most of You Can See Everything as he struggles to decipher the truth about Holmes.
The docufilm then spirals into a bizarre meta narrative that critics have called groundbreaking.
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