Drawn to scary challenges, Amanda Seyfried returning as convicted fraud Elizabeth Holmes

In the new documentary You Can See Everything, Amanda Seyfried quietly slipped back into Elizabeth Holmes’ black turtleneck for sequences that mix real-life material with staged moments. The return was kept under wraps until now, and Seyfried says the lure was the project’s unusual blend of documentary and reconstruction rather than a simple encore of a character she already knew.

Speaking at the New York premiere of Netflix ’s animated film Steps on November 8, she explained why she signed on for something that felt risky.

“It ’s important for me as an actor, an artist, I mean, a mom, of course, but as a person in the world who loves to work, to find things that I haven’t done before and to do things that scare me in a specific way,”

She told PEOPLE that when a scary creative choice pays off with a “mostly positive impact,” it feels especially worth it.

Seyfried’s connection to Holmes dates back to The Dropout on Hulu in 2022, which traced the Theranos founder’s meteoric rise and collapse. Her performance as Holmes earned her both an Emmy and a Golden Globe and cemented the role as one of the defining turns of her career.

Cinderella, remixed at Netflix

While one project takes her back into the Theranos story, the other swings to fairy-tale territory. In Steps, Seyfried voices Cinderella in a reimagining that shifts the spotlight to the stepsisters, traditionally the villains. Taking on such a legacy character, she said, carries its own weight.

“Being able to embody somebody so iconic in some way, in this very specific way, it’s really special. It’s wonderful,”

She added that the responsibility is “a little stressful,” but that pressure is exactly what keeps her engaged as an actor.

Steps is an animated feature for Netflix, and Seyfried discussed both projects while walking the carpet at the film’s New York premiere on November 8.