Amanda Seyfried Talks Her ‘F— ed Up’ Character in Series Mania Title ‘Long Bright River,’ Calls for Compassion for Victims of Addiction
variety.comMarta Balaga Amanda Seyfried admired her “fearless” character Mickey Fitzpatrick in “Long Bright River”. “She doesn’t have a good bedside manner and rubs people the wrong way.
But she just doesn’t care what they think, which is something I wish I could absorb, because I care too much. And that gets in the way of a lot of situations for me,” she tells Variety. “The part of Mickey that I love so much is that she’s a slow burn.
You find out she’s fucked up a lot. She’s not a perfect person. She’s just fighting her way, like all of us.” In Peacock’s series, now heading to French festival Series Mania, she plays a Philadelphia police officer, investigating the murder of three women.
And fearing that her addict sister, who disappeared a long time ago, might be in danger as well. “Show me someone who hasn’t a relationship to addiction.
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