Amanda Seyfried on Why Her Joni Mitchell Cover Wasn’t a Biopic Audition, and Listening to Taylor Swift on the ‘Long Bright River’ Set After ‘Emotional’ Filming
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Joni Mitchell covers are not for the faint of heart or voice, so Amanda Seyfried‘s decision to cover a verse from the singer’s 1971 classic “California” on “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon” last week was a brave one — not just because of the celestial high note on the chorus, but because she also accompanied herself on the dulcimer.
Social media quickly jumped in, with fans urging Seyfried to be cast as the young Mitchell in Cameron Crowe’s forthcoming biopic.
However, Seyfried insists the viral “Tonight Show” moment was not part of a campaign to try to win the role. “It was not an audition,” she tells me on the “Just for Variety” podcast. “In fact, I didn’t even consider that, which is funny.
What I know about that project is that I’m very, very much aged-out of [playing] young Joni.” Seyfried’s latest project is “Long Bright River,” Peacock’s series adaptation of Liz Moore’s bestselling novel of the same name.
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