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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