Social media wants Amanda Seyfried to lead Joni Mitchell’s biopic after ‘California’ cover: “Get. That. Biopic. Girl.”

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Amanda Seyfried has performed a short cover of Joni Mitchell‘s iconic 1971 tune ‘California’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – check it out below.Appearing on a recent episode of The Tonight Show, to promote her upcoming TV show Long Bright River, Seyfried and Fallon kicked off their conversation talking about her musical talents – including her performances in musical films like Mamma Mia!

and Les Misérables.When asked about her musical talents, Seyfried revealed that she learned how to play the dulcimer during the COVID-19 pandemic.

After Fallon brandished a dulcimer, Seyfried shared that she would like to play ‘California’ off Joni Mitchell’s beloved ‘Blue’ album.“She wrote a lot of the songs from the Blue album on the dulcimer, and I learned a lot of stuff from [that] album when the world stopped,” Seyfried said before launching into a performance of the first verse and chorus of ‘California’.Check out her cover below.After the episode aired and a snippet of the performance was shared on social media, throngs of viewers expressed their amazement at her performance and have since begun championing her to play Mitchell in a biopic.Among several of her backers – see in the comments section of the Instagram post below – are Jameela Jamil, Regina Spektor, Gwen Stefani, Maya Hawke, Ryan Tedder, Charlie Puth, Matt Bomer, Sheryl Crow, Aaron Paul and Kate Hudson.

Jamill wrote: “GET. THAT. BIOPIC. GIRL.”Other commenters backed her sentiments, writing: “Omg. THIS is what her voice is made for.