{"id":20403,"date":"2022-07-20T17:33:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T17:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/amanda-seyfried-lost-wicked-movie-role-to-ariana-grande\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T17:33:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T17:33:46","slug":"amanda-seyfried-lost-wicked-movie-role-to-ariana-grande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/amanda-seyfried-lost-wicked-movie-role-to-ariana-grande\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Seyfried Lost Wicked Movie Role To Ariana Grande"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amanda Seyfried has been having musical theater dreams \u2014 specifically about Wicked<\/i> and Les Miserables.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

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Speaking to Backstage, Amanda explained why she wasn’t a fan of her Les Mis<\/i> voice and how it informed her audition for Glinda in the upcoming Wicked<\/i> adaptation \u2014 a role which eventually went to Ariana Grande.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

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\u201cI have dreams that I’m still auditioning for Wicked<\/i>,\u201d she began.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

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In fact, auditions took place while Amanda was filming her role as Elizabeth Holmes on The Dropout.<\/i> “On the weekends I was auditioning in person to play Glinda in the movie version of Wicked<\/i> \u2014 because I wanted it that much,” she continued. “I literally bent over backwards while playing the hardest role of my life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

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On the plus side, the experience showed Amanda how much she’d evolved as a singer. “It also taught me how far I’ve come as a singer, which I really wanted to prove,” she added. “Ever since Les Mis<\/i>, I was like, I need to be better. I need to do better. So whatever comes next in terms of musicals, I’m finally prepared.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

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You might be aware that Les Mis<\/i> garnered significant attention back in ye olde 2012 for having its actors sing entirely live on set. It’s arguably a big part of what got the movie its eight Oscar nominations, but its also faced plenty of criticism \u2014 namely that the intensely long days on set were harmful to the actors’ voices and performances.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

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Amanda herself played the soprano Cosette, but wasn’t happy with her performance. She said in 2021, “I wish I could redo Les Miserables<\/i> completely because the live singing aspect, I still have nightmares about it.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

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\u201cI was very weak. I feel like I could definitely play Cosette now. I’ve been working diligently ever since Les Miserables<\/i> to strengthen my voice and to have some stamina,” she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n