Amanda Seyfried Reveals Why She Doesn’t Want to Direct After Playing a Director in Seven Veils
31Making art about art often leads to an interesting, meta experience. From dramas like Tick, Tick… Boom! to comedies like Theater Camp to satires like Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), many films have tackled the unique challenges and beauty of making theater specifically. Seven Veils follows this tradition, though it leans into psychological thriller elements to do so. The film follows a director named Jeanine (Amanda Seyfried), who grapples with repressed trauma as she mounts a production of the opera Salome.
Director Atom Egoyan is no stranger to the complex themes he tackles in Seven Veils. His resume, which includes films like The Sweet Hereafter, Exotica, and Chloe (which also stars Seyfried), all deal with grief, obsession, and sex in their own ways. Jeanine shows yet another side of Seyfried’s wide range after being nominated for an Oscar for her work in Mank (coincidentally another “art about art” movie), winning an Emmy and Golden Globe for her portrayal of Elizabeth Homes in The Dropout, and starring in classics like Mamma Mia!, Mean Girls, and Jennifer’s Body (which might be getting a sequel!).
Collider got the chance to speak with Seyfried and Egoyan about why people shouldn’t be afraid that this film features opera, why intimacy coordinators “shouldn’t even be a debate,” and why Seyfried has no plans to direct even after playing a director in this film.
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