Amanda Seyfried has spoken out about an awkward situation that arose after her breakthrough as Karen Smith on mean girls† The comedy film delivered many memorable moments and quotes, but in an interview with Marie Claire, the actress says she was “overwhelmed” by the negative attention she received from male fans who approached her and referenced a scene from the film. In that scene, Karen tells Cady (Lindsay Lohan) that her breasts could predict the weather.
mean girls with Lohan, Seyfried, Lacey Chabert (Party of Five) and Rachel McAdams (the notebook† It is produced by Saturday Night Live‘s Lorne Michaels and included Saturday Night Live alumni, including film writer Tina Fey, as Sharon Norbury, a math teacher, Amy Poehler and Ana Gasteyer as parents, and Tim Meadows as the school principal. The film gained cult status and a pop culture phenomenon, leading to a TV sequel that premiered in 2011 (and wasn’t quite as successful as the original), while a musical adaptation hit Broadway in 2018.
For her role in mean girlsSeyfried appeared in soap operas during the day As the world changes and all my childrenbut mean girls catapulted her to stardom. During the interview, Seyfried, who was only 18 when… mean girls was released in 2004, expressed sympathy for child stars. She said:
“I think I’m really famous” [young] must really fucking suck,” she explained. “It must make you feel totally unsafe in the world. I see these younger actors who think they have to have security. They think they have to have an assistant. They think their whole “The world has changed. It can get stressful. I’ve seen it happen to my peers. So I bought a farm. I was like, let’s go the other way.”
Seyfried’s message mean girls Career
After mean girls, and especially her role as a ditzy young girl, Seyfried sought to diversify her acting portfolio. Shortly after the film, she appeared in Veronica Mars as Lilly Kane and as Sarah Henrickson onward big love†
She later co-starred with Meryl Streep in Mama Mia! and the sequel Mama Mia! Here we go again† In Jennifer’s body she went in a dark direction and played the narrator of the story, Needy, an insecure teenager who ends up being committed to an institution. She followed with roles in romantic films Dear John and Letters for Juliet before being cast in the film adaptation of Les Miserables.
For her role as Marion Davies in David Fincher’s biopic Herman J. Mankiewicz limpSeyfried won praise and multiple nominations for awards. She recently appeared in the outagethe true story of Elizabeth Holmes, where she also produced two episodes.
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