Amanda Seyfried had a \u201ccool\u201d and \u201cexciting\u201d time using a \u201cprosthetic butthole\u201d filming \u201cThe Testament of Ann Lee.\u201d<\/p>\n
The actress explained on \u201cThe Scott Mills Breakfast Show\u201d<\/a> Wednesday that \u201cthis movie \u2026 needed to be graphic.\u201d<\/p>\n The Oscar nominee, 40, recalled, \u201cI was pregnant and naked, but I wasn\u2019t naked at all. And at the end of the movie, I\u2019m standing in front of a burning building with just a merkin.\u201d<\/p>\n Amanda Seyfried revealed Wednesday she wore a \u201cprosthetic butthole\u201d for her \u201cTestament of Ann Lee\u201d role. bbcradio2\/Instagram<\/p>\n \u201cThis movie, it needed to be graphic,\u201d the actress explained on the \u201cScott Mills Breakfast Show.\u201d \u00a9Searchlight Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Seyfried gushed that she \u201cfelt so free\u201d wearing only an artificial hair covering in that moment as she portrayed real-life Shakers founder Ann Lee.<\/p>\n At the end of the interview, Seyfried clarified, \u201cYou cannot see my butthole in [the scene], but I swear there is a prosthetic butthole there.\u201d<\/p>\n Scott Mills asked, \u201cWhy did they have one if we don\u2019t see it?\u201d<\/p>\n Seyfried said Wednesday she had a \u201ccool\u201d and \u201cexciting\u201d time using the prosthetic. bbcradio2\/Instagram<\/p>\n She \u201cfelt free\u201d filming her nude scene in the movie. \u00a9Searchlight Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Seyfried said it was a \u201cjust in case\u201d precaution \u2014 and when Mills called her comment a \u201cgreat way to end an interview,\u201d she began giggling.<\/p>\n \u201cGotta get people to the theater!\u201d the former soap star exclaimed.<\/p>\n The moment was clipped to the show\u2019s Instagram page, with one follower gushing, \u201cShe\u2019s such a weirdo i LOVE her.\u201d<\/p>\n Another fan added, \u201cI think her entire press run for this production should be a movie.\u201d<\/p>\n Seyfried noted that viewers won\u2019t be able to ever see the prosthetic. \u00a9Searchlight Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n As for why she wore it, the \u201cBig Love\u201d alum (pictured above on Feb. 17) quipped, \u201cJust in case.\u201d \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n Seyfried called the film \u201cf\u2013king daunting\u201d in a Who What Wear cover story<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like I have to keep choosing things that terrify me \u2014 within reason,\u201d she noted in the December 2025 interview. \u201cI\u2019m not gonna jump off a cliff or jump out of an airplane.\u201d<\/p>\n However, Seyfried said, \u201cI need to sink my teeth into something that is really scary because I know I can do it, and I know I\u2019ll be better for it.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cBig Love\u201d alum received a 15-minute standing ovation<\/a> when the movie premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2025.<\/p>\n Seyfried (pictured above on Feb. 11) is nominated for an Oscar for her titular role in the moive. GC Images<\/p>\n While a win \u201cwould be great,\u201d Seyfried (pictured above on Feb. 6) called the accolade \u201cnot necessary\u201d last month. WireImage<\/p>\n Seyfried was nominated for an Oscar<\/a> and a Golden Globe for the role, losing the latter<\/a> to Rose Byrne \u2014 and going viral for grimacing over the loss<\/a>.<\/p>\n While awaiting the 2026 Academy Awards next month, Seyfried asked the New Yorker<\/a> why she would she \u201cneed [to win] one now?\u201d<\/p>\n She explained in January, \u201cI\u2019ve gotten this far. \u2026 Would [an Oscar] be great? Of course it would, for every reason. But it isn\u2019t necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t