{"id":304124,"date":"2026-02-27T02:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T02:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/304124\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T02:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T02:05:13","slug":"why-amanda-seyfried-wore-a-prosthetic-butthole-for-a-film-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/304124\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Amanda Seyfried wore a &#8216;prosthetic butthole&#8217; for a film role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you think you caught a glimpse of Amanda Seyfried\u2019s butthole in \u201cThe Testament of Ann Lee,\u201d no you didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Amanda Seyfried and ensemble in THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE. Photo by Searchlight Pictures\/William Rexer, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. \u00a9 2025 Searchlight Pictures. All Rights Reserved.\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/a57a12c9-cd55-4e99-9fe7-4b6624eabc23-TTAL_SG_00001_v1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Amanda Seyfried and ensemble in THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE. Photo by Searchlight Pictures\/William Rexer, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. \u00a9 2025 Searchlight Pictures. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMamma Mia\u201d star told \u201cThe Scott Mills Breakfast Show\u201d that although it\u2019s not actually visible in the film, she wore a \u201cprosthetic butthole\u201d in the nude scene. &#8220;This movie, it needed to be graphic, so, like, I had a prosthetic butthole,&#8221; she said, adding, \u201cIt was cool, it was exciting. I was pregnant and naked, but I wasn\u2019t naked at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seyfried clarified that audiences can\u2019t see the prosthetic, but said, \u201cI swear there is a prosthetic butthole there.&#8221; As for why she wore the piece despite it not being shown on camera? &#8220;Just in case. Gotta get people to the theater!&#8221; Seyfried said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Amanda Seyfried arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Chris Pizzello, Pool)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/88f5ac2d-c2d7-4065-bdd8-2151483bf3ec-AP21115840796482.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Amanda Seyfried arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Chris Pizzello, Pool)<\/p>\n<p>The film is a musical drama, based on the true story of Ann Lee,  an 18th-century English woman who created the Shaker religious sect after moving to America.<\/p>\n<p>Seyfried earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture \u2013 Musical or Comedy for her performance, although Rose Byrne won the award for her role in \u201cIf I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You.\u201d The film currently has a score of 87% on Rotten Tomatoes and an 82% Popcornmeter.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Amanda Seyfried in THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE. Photo courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. \u00a9 2025 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ad5856c3-1151-4881-84bf-13cf0a6f8972-TTAL_SG_00048_v1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Amanda Seyfried in THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE. Photo courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. \u00a9 2025 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Testament of Ann Lee\u201d wasn\u2019t Seyfried\u2019s only film of 2025. She also starred in the box office hit \u201cThe Housemaid\u201d alongside Sydney Sweeney, and a sequel is currently in the works.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wearepauserewind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@WeArePauseRewind<\/a> for all your pop culture obsessions.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you think you caught a glimpse of Amanda Seyfried\u2019s butthole in \u201cThe Testament of Ann Lee,\u201d no&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-304124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}