Amanda Seyfried

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Thank God Kate McKinnon Dropped Out of 'The Dropout' (Gawker)

Can you imagine? WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 05: Kate McKinnon attends the 44th Kennedy Center Honors at. Paul Morigi/Getty Images Entertainment/ ...

So thank you, Kate McKinnon. And thank you, Amanda Seyfried. And thank you, of course, to Elizabeth Holmes — you absolute freak. And, well … can you imagine Kate McKinnon playing the teenage version of Elizabeth Holmes? Can you imagine Kate McKinnon in the scene where she’s on the couch at William H. Macy’s house while her Enron dad is asking for help? The low voice and wacky dancing, too, are made more bizarre because of the elements of Elizabeth that feel at least somewhat relatable. I fear this would have been far too tempting for the SNL star, whose main tricks are “comedy voice” and “ comedy hobbling.” I fear it would have quickly veered into the realm of … sketch. Carole, the dramatized Tiger King show, for Peacock. Now that a number of us have seen The Dropout and decided it is actually good, I want to ask: Can you imagine if Kate McKinnon was in that??? When Deadline first announced Hulu’s The Dropout, a limited series about Elizabeth Holmes and the downfall of her scam blood testing company Theranos, Kate McKinnon was attached to both executive produce and star.

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Amanda Seyfried Really Wants A Season Two of 'The Dropout': 'A ... (Just Jared)

In it, the 36-year-old actress portrays Elizabeth Holmes, who developed a healthcare technology that puts millions of patients at risk and lost everything in ...

Amanda says that coming to that realization was “just hard. “There was something that needed to happen that wasn’t necessarily written, or it was written, and I didn’t necessarily know how to portray it, because there’s so many possibilities.” “I love binging shows, and if the last scene of an eight-hour miniseries isn’t satisfying, it leaves just a bad taste in my mouth.

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Amanda Seyfried and Naveen Andrews Attend <em>The Dropout ... (PEOPLE.com)

Amanda Seyfried and Naveen Andrews arrive at The Dropout finale screening, Rihanna heads to the Nice Guy in L.A., Camila Cabello performs on the Today show ...

Helen Mirren's colorful ensemble brightens up the room at the Sony Pictures Classics and Cinema Society screening of The Duke at the Tribeca Screening Room in N.Y.C. on April 5. Justin Bieber stops to chat on the phone while out in N.Y.C. on April 5. Sofia Carson gives a stunning performance during her Spotlight: Sofia Carson at The GRAMMY Museum event on April 7 in L.A. Eddie Redmayne attends a special fan screening of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore in N.Y.C. on April 6. Michelle Yeoh, the star of Everything Everywhere All at Once, waves hello at the Today show in N.Y.C. on April 7. Christy Turlington Burns takes center stage at the 92Y for her Fashion Icons: Christy Turlington Burns in Conversation with Fern Mallis event on April 7 in N.Y.C. Billie Eilish takes in the crowd on her Happier Than Ever tour stop at The Forum in Inglewood on April 8. Jin Ha, star of Pachinko, and Sam Richardson, star of The Afterparty, hang out at the Deadline Contenders Television event at Paramount Studios in L.A. on April 10. Brothers Michael and Kevin Bacon of The Bacon Brothers perform during a benefit concert for Ukraine at Dacha Beer Garden in Washington, D.C. on April 10. Camila Cabello performs to a large crowd at the Today show in N.Y.C. on April 12. Viola Davis arrives at the Deadline Contenders Television event to speak on The First Lady panel at Paramount Studios in L.A. on April 10. Amanda Seyfried and Naveen Andrews reunite at The Dropout finale screening in L.A. on April 11.

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