Amanda Seyfried Says She Filmed 'You Can See Everything' Before Her Deals Were Signed
Amanda Seyfried started filming for the documentary You Can See Everything without telling her agents and before any deal was in place, she said in a joint interview with the film's directors. Variety reported the remarks from the conversation with Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, which was conducted by Rolling Stone.
Seyfried said her lawyer had to set up her contract after she had already filmed. She said the deal was needed to protect her. She told the interviewers she had "No approval. Whatsoever" over the project.
Fielder gave his side of the story. He said the idea to bring Seyfried into the film came two years after he shot scenes at a beach house with Elizabeth Holmes and Billy Evans. He said he got Seyfried's phone number through Emma Stone. Fielder also said Seyfried had no creative control over the film and no approval over anything that was shot.
The two first spoke on a 30-minute Zoom call before filming began. Afterwards, Seyfried invited Fielder to come over with his cameras. Her first scenes show her watching footage Fielder had shot earlier inside the beach house. They appear about halfway through the documentary.
The film has been in cinemas for nearly a month. Variety reported that it was approaching $80 million at the domestic box office, meaning the United States and Canada. Studio figures for the film's gross are not yet available for the latest weekend.
Documentaries rarely bring a star onto set this late in the process, and the way Seyfried came to be in the film is now part of its public story. Her account and Fielder's differ on how much control she had, and on what she agreed to before the cameras rolled. Neither side has said the arrangement will change the film's release.
For anyone who has not followed the film closely, the central question is simple. Who decided what would appear on screen, and when did the paperwork catch up with the filming? Seyfried says the paperwork came after the shoot. Fielder says she never had a say over the footage.
