Amanda Seyfried Passes on TV Series Over Sex Scenes — SkimNews
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- Amanda Seyfried said she turned down a TV series where 'I would have to have sex all the time' because of the sex requirement, telling Alec Baldwin at the Hamptons International Film Festival: 'I don't wanna do it. I'm uncomfortable with it.'
- Seyfried said acting 'gets weirder' as she gets older because actors 'have to be romantic with people that we're not romantic with' and reflected that she used to love on-screen kissing, calling it 'so fun' and 'a non-thing.'
- Seyfried told Porter magazine she wishes intimacy coordinators had existed when she was a teenage actor, recalling: 'Being 19, walking around without my underwear on — like, are you kidding me? How did I let that happen?'
- Seyfried said she used to tolerate discomfort on set at 19 because 'I didn't want to upset anybody and I wanted to keep my job' but now creates firmer boundaries as an actor and in public life.
- Seyfried has a new rule against taking fan photos when she's with her children, explaining 'whatever they're going through is more important than what I'm going through' after her daughter praised her for saying no to fans on the street.
- Seyfried's recent projects include the $400 million worldwide-grossing blockbuster 'The Housemaid,' indie drama 'The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd,' and voicing Cinderella in Netflix's upcoming animated film 'Steps.'
Why it matters: Seyfried joins a growing list of actors publicly re-evaluating on-screen intimacy as intimacy coordinators become standard and post-#MeToo conversations reshape set culture. Her admission that she tolerated discomfort at 19 to keep working — contrasted with her current boundary-setting — illustrates how much the industry has shifted even in a single career's span.
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