Amanda Seyfried reveals she turned down roles with many intimate scenes

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Hollywood Amanda Seyfried may have made a name for herself starring in several rom-coms, but those days are far behind her now. The actress, in her latest interview, revealed that she turned down roles over the excessive intimate scenes.During a conversation with Alec Baldwin at the Hamptons International Film Festival, the Oscar-nominated actor spoke about her decision to pass on a project that would have required her to film sex scenes regularly. She explained, "I passed on a show where I would have to have sex all the time because of the sex." As reported by People, Amanda further shared that she is currently uncomfortable with filming intimate sequences.

She said, "Doesn’t matter [who it’s with] … I don’t wanna do it. I’m uncomfortable with it. I’m not into it right now."However, the actress' decision is not set in stone. She added that her perspective could change in the future, depending on where she is in her life and career. “Maybe if [the project] came along again [at a later point], maybe I’d be in a different space. But I don’t wanna deal with being naked with a stranger,” she added.

Reflecting on how her career evolution over the years, Seyfried said, “Being an actor gets weirder.” She explained, “Sometimes it’s great. Sometimes it’s really uncomfortable.”Seyfried also recalled, "I can’t believe back in the day I was just like, ‘We gotta make out. Great! This is awesome. I know how to make out’ And it used to be so fun. It was a non-thing. It was like, ‘I get to make out with a hot person today … And they’re paying me.’"The actor also spoke about maintaining boundaries between her professional life and her family. She said that when she is with her children, she does not agree to take photographs with fans, explaining that “whatever they (her children) are going through, is more important than what I’m going through.”Seyfried most recently starred in ‘The Housemaid’, which grossed USD 400 million worldwide. She has also been making festival appearances for her independent drama ‘The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd’ and is set to voice Cinderella in Netflix’s upcoming animated film ‘Steps’.