How Amanda Seyfried Captured the “Oddness” of Elizabeth Holmes’s Voice in “The Dropout”

After seeing Amanda Seyfried within the trailer of Hulu’s “The Dropout,” I am much more enthusiastic about her portrayal of Theranos founder and self-made billionaire Elizabeth Holmes. The upcoming restricted sequence — which tells the story of how Holmes scammed her technique to the highest of the tech business — launched the brand new clip on Feb. 7, and it is onerous to not be impressed by Seyfried’s spot-on imitation of Holmes’s distinct “pretend baritone” voice.

Throughout a digital panel on the Tv Critics Affiliation’s winter press tour on Feb. 8, Seyfried shared how she was capable of nail the enduring voice. The problem, she mentioned, was determining methods to “seize the oddness of it.” “The form of my mouth is not the identical as hers, however I could make sounds considerably or fairly near what she did,” Seyfried mentioned. “And that is my job as an actor, mimicking and stuff like that. However when it comes to the depth of it, I needed to work actually onerous to get there, as a result of I communicate at such a better degree than she does naturally.”

Seyfried famous that she could not fairly determine methods to deepen her voice the way in which Holmes did in actual life. She tried “completely different respiratory and methods” to get it good, and she or he hopes it’s going to persuade viewers.

“I’m just a little frightened about what persons are going to say in regards to the voice,” “The Dropout” star mentioned. “However on the finish of the day, I am an actor, and I am not her, and I did my finest to attempt to seize the oddness of it.” “The Dropout” premieres on Hulu on March 3.