Amanda Seyfried Spent An Insane Amount of Time Perfecting Elizabeth Holmes' Voice For 'The Dropout'

Amanda Seyfried gives a cheeky wink on the red carpet while arriving for The Dropout panel at 92nd Street Y on Tuesday (March 22) in New York City.

The 36-year-old actress joined her co-stars William H. Macy, and Sam Waterston, as well as creator Liz Meriweather for the conversation about their Hulu series.

In a previous interview, Amanda opened up about working on Elizabeth Holmes‘ voice for about two years!

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“People are always talking about the voice,” Amanda explained to the Los Angeles Times. “It’s the first thing people mentioned. Second is the turtleneck; third is the non-blinking. But the voice is number one. The voice is the foundation. If you don’t [get it right], it’s like you’re missing the whole thing.”

Amanda added that she “went full force into finding out everything I could. There was this huge [encyclopedia], that’s still actually on my desktop, of all the information that had been collected over the two years of research during the development phase of The Dropout.”

“The thing that really helped with the voice and how that evolved for me was the deposition, because it was so many hours, and I could just play it on loop.”

She also admitted that imitating Elizabeth‘s voice that entire time made not only her voice sore, but she also slipped back into it after filming.

“I would be talking like Elizabeth, and [my throat would] get a little sore,” she says. “And I’d be like: This can’t happen. Like, this is freaking me out. Am I going to be able to do this for weeks?”

“I still sometimes talk like her,” Amanda added. “It’s hard to shake.”

The Dropout is streaming on Hulu now.

Previously, Amanda opened up about connecting with Elizabeth.

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