Depraved is among the greatest movies on the 2024 film schedule. So, as you possibly can think about, a variety of large names walked via director Jon M. Chu’s door in hopes of incomes the a part of Glinda earlier than Ariana Grande was chosen for it. Whereas our 5-star Depraved overview makes it clear that Grande is totally the Good Witch via and thru, Amanda Seyfried beforehand grew to become a “Well-liked” decide for the position when she belted out Glinda’s famed track a few years in the past. Now that Depraved’s out and it’s been two years since her viral second, the Mamma Mia! actress has shed some mild on the topic.
Amanda Seyfried Talks About Her Viral “Well-liked” Video
Early in 2023, after Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo had already been named the leads of the Depraved solid, Amanda Seyfried’s stylist posted a bit of video of the actress singing “Well-liked” in a stunning silver costume. Test it out:
She completely embodied Glinda the Good Witch on this video from Elizabeth Stewart, who shared it with the world when the actress earned a Golden Globe nomination for portraying Elizabeth Holmes in The Dropout.
When Seyfried was requested in regards to the video this week, she had this to say:
I feel it was throughout COVID. I used to be doing a Lancôme shoot in Lengthy Island Metropolis. Elizabeth Stewart [was] my stylist. I used to be not auditioning for Depraved but, however I knew it was like developing. So I used to be simply fucking round actually, and I used to be like, ‘This costume is so Glinda. And Elizabeth was like, ‘Do it.’ After which she posted sooner or later.
Whereas talking to Folks, the Imply Women actress defined the context of the video, clarifying it was not her audition for the Depraved film. As she shared, it was “really only a enjoyable [behind-the-scenes] second” from her Lancôme shoot on the time.
Nonetheless, she additionally spoke truthfully about how maybe it might have been “higher if it hadn’t been posted” by Stewart, regardless of her love for the stylist. As a result of, after all, the feedback grew to become flooded with followers calling for her casting in Depraved.
Did Amanda Seyfried Audition For The Depraved Film?
Whereas the video above may be an informal video of Amanda Seyfried channeling Glinda, the actress additionally shared that she did the truth is audition for the film. In her phrases:
I went arduous for that, for certain. And it was a really lengthy course of. And all the things occurs the best way it is meant to.
It’s not an enormous shock Amanda Seyfried would have been up for Glinda. It was beforehand reported as such, and he or she famously starred in two main film diversifications of beloved Broadway musicals – 2008’s Mamma Mia! and 2012’s Les Misérables. (Dove Cameron additionally beforehand spoke about auditioning too).
Even so, the actress has no arduous emotions about shedding the position, sharing these phrases:
It’s an extravaganza, which is what she [Grande] does very well. And [my kids] have been enjoying the soundtrack nonstop. And all the things is because it’s meant to be for certain.
Her, and us all!
Whereas there was definitely some controversy over Ariana Grande getting solid as Glinda when the information was introduced, the film’s success has proved the singer was the correct selection. Some are even saying they like the Depraved film greater than the Broadway manufacturing! So, it might appear that everybody is proud of the best way all the things turned out.
Depraved is in theaters now.