Amanda Seyfried Says She Declined a TV Role Over Intimate Scenes

Amanda Seyfried said she turned down a television role because it would have required her to film frequent sex scenes. She explained that intimate scenes have become uncomfortable for her as she has gotten older and as her children have started paying attention to her career. She also described setting firmer boundaries in both her professional choices and everyday public encounters.

At the Hamptons International Film Festival in October, Seyfried told Alec Baldwin that acting opposite partners she has no real romantic connection to can feel odd, and that this discomfort has grown as she has aged. She recalled once viewing such scenes as fun and paid, but now says she declined a series that would have required frequent sex scenes because she is uncomfortable and uninterested at present.

Seyfried, 40, shares Nina, 9, and Thomas, 6, with Thomas Sadoski; they separated earlier this year. She said her children’s awareness of her work means she must assert herself more firmly. She also described declining a stranger’s photo request while walking with Nina, then checking in; Nina said she felt proud.