There’s no room for nonsense. Oscar-nominated Amanda Seyfried has had the opportunity to speak at length about her work at the Hampstons International Film Festival and she’s made it clear that if she’s not comfortable with a job she won’t commit to it. This is an aspect we already knew about her, and it has led her to take bold bets in her career, but now we have another detail: she has refused and will continue to refuse in the near future to do sex scenes.
That is the red line she won’t cross, and she has already left on the table a major television role for asking for it in the contract. The actress hasn’t revealed which series that job would have been for, but the reason is clear. “I turned down a series in which I would have sex all the time for sex,” she stated live, as reported by People. “It doesn’t matter [who it’s with], I don’t want to do it. I’m uncomfortable with it. I’m not up for it right now.”
Reflections Through the Years
This philosophy hasn’t always sat well with Seyfried. On the panel she had the chance to look back on her career and her relationship with sex, which previously didn’t provoke rejection. “I find it hard to believe that back then I felt like, ‘We’re going to own this, it’s great, I know how to do it.’ It used to be fun, it didn’t matter. It was like, ‘Today I hook up with someone attractive… and on top of that, I’m getting paid for it,'” she declares.
The reasons why she no longer feels comfortable with those kinds of roles are varied, but one stands out above the rest: her own family. “Now I have kids who pay attention to what I do,” reflects the actress, who has entered a new stage of life at age 40. “And I have to be less pusillanimous.”
Upcoming Projects
In the near term, the scripts for her projects may need to align with her professional demands, for she faces a challenge closely tied to exploring sexuality: the sequel to Jennifer’s Body. There is still much to see on this front and, for now, there’s only a script, but fitting it with how the first installment turned out almost twenty years ago will be difficult.
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