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“I felt disgusted”: Amanda Seyfried reveals the harassment she suffered after ‘Mean Girls’

Amanda Seyfried has had to go a long way to make a name for herself in the mecca of Hollywood cinema, because although her role as Karen Smith in heavy girls It put her in the public eye, it also affected her personal life and her career.

This was revealed by the actress during a recent interview for marie clairewhen talking about the film that launched her to fame, she told how one of the most remembered scenes of the classic film, now a benchmark of culture popmade her feel “disgusted”.

Amanda Seyfried for Marie Claire

heavy girls It certainly put Seyfried on the movie industry map, but she had to go to great lengths not to be typecast and out of the audience’s attention for all the wrong reasons.

The 36-year-old actress reflected on the awkward and sexist interactions she experienced in the wake of the success of heavy girlsas it received disturbing attention from some of the fans masculine.

Karen Smith/Amanda Seyfried

Let’s remember that her character in the film was the classic popular girl, blond and silly from school, and in one of the scenes she puts into practice her absurd belief that she could predict the weather by touching her breasts.

However, the comical scene led to her being harassed by men who asked her if it was raining while waiting for her to touch her breasts, which was obviously not funny at all.

Amanda Seyfried for Marie Claire

I always felt really grossed out by it. She was like 18 years old. He was gross.

– Amanda Seyfried, for marie claire

Amanda Seyfried on her farm

Becoming one of the “plastics” clearly had its downsides for the star of Mama Mia!who went on to reflect on how difficult it was to experience fame at such a young age and try to build a career under public scrutiny.

Seyfried She believes that fame robs people of their youth, and that many young actors eventually end up paying the price, something she tried to avoid by moving to a farm in upstate New York.

amanda seyfried

I think being famous (young) must really suck. It must make you feel completely insecure in the world. I see younger actors who think they have to have confidence. They think they have to have an assistant. They think their whole world has changed. It can get stressful. I have seen what has happened to my colleagues. So, I bought a farm. I thought, ‘we’re going in the opposite direction’.

It was clearly the right decision for Seyfried, who with his most recent performance in The Dropouta dramatization of the story of Elizabeth Holmes, has exceeded expectations, showing us that she is in the best stage of her life and her career.

Amanda Seyfried in The Dropout

Source: Okchicas

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