{"id":157651,"date":"2025-03-23T19:28:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T19:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/23\/amanda-seyfried-says-marketing-ruined-perfect-movie-jennifers-body\/"},"modified":"2025-03-23T19:28:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T19:28:25","slug":"amanda-seyfried-says-marketing-ruined-perfect-movie-jennifers-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/23\/amanda-seyfried-says-marketing-ruined-perfect-movie-jennifers-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Seyfried Says Marketing Ruined &#8216;Perfect&#8217; Movie Jennifer&#8217;s Body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"96.910673645881\">\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><\/p>\n<p>The movie <em>Jennifer\u2019s Body<\/em> was \u201cperfect\u201d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/amanda-seyfried\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Amanda Seyfried<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 except when it comes to the film\u2019s marketing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t critique this movie, to me it\u2019s perfect. It\u2019s got balls. [Screenwriter] <strong>Diablo Cody<\/strong> was outspoken and beautiful and smart and funny,\u201d Seyfriend, 39, said in an interview <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/amanda-seyfried-jennifers-body-marketing-1236345676\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with <em>Variety<\/em><\/a> published on Saturday, March 22.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were expressing a certain angst in a very specific, comedic way in a very specific genre,\u201d she continued. \u201cThe special effects were so incredible, there were stunts, there was everything you could want.If the critics criticize anything, it would be the marketing. The marketing sucked, it just did. And we all agree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Seyfried, \u201cThe marketing team cheapened it like it was just a gory romp.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.864168618267\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/amanda-seyfried-recalls-boobs-falling-out-in-front-of-glen-powell\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/amanda-seyfried-recalls-boobs-falling-out-in-front-of-glen-powell\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Amanda Seyfried Recalls &#8216;Boobs Falling Out&#8217; in Front of Glen Powell<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAmanda Seyfried has advice for anyone experiencing a wardrobe malfunction: make sure Glen Powell is involved. In an interview with People published on Sunday, March 9, Seyfried said that she had a potentially mortifying experience at the 2023 Critics Choice Awards when \u201cmy boobs fell out of my dress.\u201d \u201cI was wearing this amazing vintage [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think they ruined it, and I think Karyn and Diablo were a really good team,\u201d she continued. \u201cI love Needy. It was the first time I got to play really nerdy, wearing the glasses. Megan got to turn into a demon, it was awesome. We all just had a lot of fun, so I wanna celebrate it by doing a sequel.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.4%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium credit-added wp-image-3926396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amanda-Seyfried-Says-Jennifer-s-Body-Was-Ruined-by-Marketing-We-All-Agree-857.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Amanda Seyfried Says Jennifer s Body Was Ruined by Marketing We All Agree 857\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amanda-Seyfried-Says-Jennifer-s-Body-Was-Ruined-by-Marketing-We-All-Agree-857.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amanda-Seyfried-Says-Jennifer-s-Body-Was-Ruined-by-Marketing-We-All-Agree-857.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amanda-Seyfried-Says-Jennifer-s-Body-Was-Ruined-by-Marketing-We-All-Agree-857.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amanda-Seyfried-Says-Jennifer-s-Body-Was-Ruined-by-Marketing-We-All-Agree-857.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amanda-Seyfried-Says-Jennifer-s-Body-Was-Ruined-by-Marketing-We-All-Agree-857.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amanda-Seyfried-Says-Jennifer-s-Body-Was-Ruined-by-Marketing-We-All-Agree-857.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amanda-Seyfried-Says-Jennifer-s-Body-Was-Ruined-by-Marketing-We-All-Agree-857.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amanda-Seyfried-Says-Jennifer-s-Body-Was-Ruined-by-Marketing-We-All-Agree-857.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amanda-Seyfried-Says-Jennifer-s-Body-Was-Ruined-by-Marketing-We-All-Agree-857.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amanda-Seyfried-Says-Jennifer-s-Body-Was-Ruined-by-Marketing-We-All-Agree-857.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amanda-Seyfried-Says-Jennifer-s-Body-Was-Ruined-by-Marketing-We-All-Agree-857.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amanda-Seyfried-Says-Jennifer-s-Body-Was-Ruined-by-Marketing-We-All-Agree-857.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amanda-Seyfried-Says-Jennifer-s-Body-Was-Ruined-by-Marketing-We-All-Agree-857.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amanda-Seyfried-Says-Jennifer-s-Body-Was-Ruined-by-Marketing-We-All-Agree-857.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The role isn\u2019t the only one Seyfried has looked back on recently. In a March 20 episode of the \u201cHappy Sad Confused\u201d podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/amanda-seyfried-thought-guardians-of-the-galaxy-would-hurt-her-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she admitted<\/a> that she was worried agreeing to star in the first <em>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em> movie in 2014 could hurt her career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a part of the first Marvel movie that bombs ain\u2019t good for your career,\u201d she shared. \u201cI thought that because this was about a talking tree and a talking raccoon that it was gonna be Marvel\u2019s first bomb and that <strong>Chris Pratt<\/strong> and I would never work again. I was wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So Seyfried said \u201cno\u201d to the part of Gamora that ultimately went to <strong>Zoe Salda\u00f1a<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The actress still has plenty of great things to say about the movie\u2019s director <strong>James Gunn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.5\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201c[He\u2019s] a genius and he\u2019s fun and he\u2019s a wonderful filmmaker, and he can make anything work,\u201d she told podcast host <strong>Josh Horowitz<\/strong>. \u201cBut I was way too scared. I was at a precarious moment in my career, and I didn\u2019t want to suffer for the work.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\" wp_automatic_readability=\"12.055702917772\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/margot-robbie-promised-barbie-movie-would-make-1-billion\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Margot-Robbie-Promised-Barbie-Movie-Would-Make-1-Billion-Dollars-at-Box-Office.jpg?crop=0px%2C88px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Margot Robbie Promised Barbie Movie Would Make -1 Billion Dollars at Box Office\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Margot-Robbie-Promised-Barbie-Movie-Would-Make-1-Billion-Dollars-at-Box-Office.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/margot-robbie-promised-barbie-movie-would-make-1-billion\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Margot Robbie Promised Studios \u2018Barbie\u2019 Would Make $1 Billion<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMargot Robbie had a vision when it came to producing Barbie \u2014 and was willing to say anything to get her movie made.\u00a0 \u201cI think I told them that it\u2019d make a billion dollars, which maybe I was overselling, but we had a movie to make, OK?\u201d Robbie, 33, told Collider of convincing Mattel and [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When pressed for why the movie didn\u2019t seem like a good fit, Seyfried added, \u201cI was really scared of the idea of being stuck and painted a different color because of the amount of time that the <em>X-Men <\/em>people had been, \u2018cause I was working out with the same trainer that trained a bunch of people who were doing <em>X-Men<\/em>,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, Seyfried said movies that require heavy makeup and lots of special effects just aren\u2019t for her. \u201cI had done some green screen stuff, and it wasn\u2019t my cup of tea, and I don\u2019t regret any decision that I made,\u201d she stated. \u201cI made it for myself in the moment that I made it. It was good for me then, and it\u2019s good for me now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/amanda-seyfried-says-marketing-ruined-perfect-movie-jennifers-body\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The movie Jennifer\u2019s Body was \u201cperfect\u201d to Amanda Seyfried \u2014 except when it comes to the film\u2019s marketing. \u201cI can\u2019t critique this movie, to me it\u2019s perfect. It\u2019s got balls. [Screenwriter] Diablo Cody was outspoken and beautiful and smart and funny,\u201d Seyfriend, 39, said in an interview with Variety published on Saturday, March 22. \u201cWe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-157651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}