{"id":64073,"date":"2025-03-25T13:12:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=64073"},"modified":"2025-03-30T13:14:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T17:14:22","slug":"amanda-seyfried-opened-up-about-playing-a-cop-in-her-latest-crime-drama-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/amanda-seyfried-opened-up-about-playing-a-cop-in-her-latest-crime-drama-series\/64073\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Seyfried opened up about playing a cop in her latest crime drama series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"333\">Amanda Seyfried was caught off guard when she was offered a serious, dramatic role in <em data-start=\"171\" data-end=\"190\">Long Bright River<\/em>! The actress, best known for her work in comedies and musicals, never imagined herself playing a tough, no-nonsense cop in a crime thriller.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"577\">In a recent interview with <em data-start=\"362\" data-end=\"372\">Deadline<\/em>, Seyfried admitted that she had unknowingly boxed herself into a certain type of role. \u201cI think we all have limits as actors, but I realized I was the one putting those limits on myself,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"881\">Seyfried first rose to fame with hit films like <em data-start=\"627\" data-end=\"639\">Mean Girls<\/em>, <em data-start=\"641\" data-end=\"653\">Mamma Mia!<\/em>, and <em data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"676\">Jennifer\u2019s Body<\/em>\u2014all of which leaned into comedy and lighthearted entertainment. Over the years, she felt the industry had typecast her, and even she started believing she wasn\u2019t suited for serious, authoritative roles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"883\" data-end=\"1127\">But something changed when she was approached for <em data-start=\"933\" data-end=\"952\">Long Bright River<\/em>. It made her rethink her own capabilities. \u201cI guess I just never saw myself in this kind of role before, but now I feel like I can play anything,\u201d she said with excitement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1409\">Her character, Mickey Fitzpatrick, is a dedicated Philadelphia police officer tasked with solving a brutal triple homicide while also desperately searching for her missing, drug-addicted sister. Seyfried found the story gripping and was drawn to the emotional depth of the role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1411\" data-end=\"1652\">Showrunner Nikki Toscano echoed Seyfried\u2019s experience, pointing out that Hollywood has a habit of placing actors into certain categories. \u201cThe industry tends to box people in, but we need to find ways to break out of that,\u201d Toscano stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1654\" data-end=\"1851\">The series is based on Liz Moore\u2019s novel of the same name and comes from <em data-start=\"1727\" data-end=\"1738\">The Offer<\/em> showrunner Toscano. Alongside Seyfried, the cast includes Nicholas Pinnock, Ashleigh Cummings, and John Doman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1853\" data-end=\"2180\">As soon as Seyfried learned about the project, she wasted no time diving into the source material. \u201cI immediately got the audiobook and finished it in less than two days,\u201d she shared. She was also impressed with how the script managed to bring the book\u2019s most impactful moments to life in a compelling, three-dimensional way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2182\" data-end=\"2251\">Fans can now stream <em data-start=\"2202\" data-end=\"2221\">Long Bright River<\/em> on Peacock and Prime Video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda Seyfried was caught off guard when she was offered a serious, dramatic role in Long Bright River! The actress,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":64074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[18820],"class_list":["post-64073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-amanda-seyfried"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}