What could have been? Amanda Seyfried is opening up about how she tried her hardest to get the starring role in Wicked.

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The auditions came while Seyfried was filming The Dropout, in which she played the embattled

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Elizabeth Holmes -- which made the auditioning process all the more challenging.

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Last summer, while I was playing Elizabeth, on the weekends I was auditioning in person to play Glinda

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in the movie version of Wicked -- because I wanted it that much," she recalled. "I was like, 'You know

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what? Yeah, I have to play the last scene of The Dropout on Tuesday. I’ll give my Sunday to you.'"

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While she didn't get the part, Seyfried said it was still an enlightening experience that helped her quite a bit.

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I might be too old when they make it. Or if they make it sooner than later, maybe I’m not the right

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person," she shared, earnestly, as the film was just entering the early stages of development. "I just

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still--I want it. I want to present myself and be a good candidate."

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