Mamma Mia!’s Amanda Seyfried Reveals Who She Really Thinks Is Sophie’s Father
usmagazine.comYou’re the father! The Mamma Mia! films never revealed the true parentage of Amanda Seyfried’s character, Sophie, but the actress has a guess of her own.Out of Sophie’s three potential biological fathers — Pierce Brosnan’s Sam, Stellan Skarsgård’s Bill and Colin Firth’s Harry — The Dropout star revealed in a Vanity Fair video posted on Wednesday, February 22, “I always, like, secretly hoped it was Stellan that was really her father — Bill, I’m sorry.
Bill.”The reasoning behind her pick? She cited the scene from the film in which Sophie confronts Bill about whether or not he could be her father at her bachelorette party, calling it “one of the purest moments in the movie.”“There’s a lot of pride in Stellan, and also a lot of shock and fear,” the Mean Girls alum explained. “But also, just full acceptance in the space of such a small amount of time, and it’s a full circle moment.
It’s beautiful. It’s funny, too. Comedically, he’s also just very skilled.”Not to mention, she finds the idea of Bill being the father ironic, as she thinks he was “the person who seems the least likely to wanna have kids” out of the trio of dads.Fans of the film —and its 2018 sequel Mamma Mia!
Here We Go Again — know that Bill has a connection to the fictional Greek island Kalokari, the place in which Meryl Streep’s Donna first met and hooked up with each of the fathers.
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