Amanda Seyfried Says ‘Mamma Mia 3’ Likely Depends on Universal Paying Cast Fair Salaries: They ‘Probably Can’t Afford Us to Be Honest’

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director A new oral history on “Mamma Mia!” from Vogue magazine ends with the cast and crew all in support of making a third installment in the Universal Pictures franchise, which kicked off in 2008 with a film adaptation of the musical and continued in 2018 with “Mamma Mia!

Here We Go Again.” Combined, the two musical films grossed over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. “Universal would love to make a third movie, and I’ll leave it at that,” Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley said point blank when the discussion turned to a potential “Mamma Mia 3.” Amanda Seyfried, who leads the franchise as Sophie, added, “I dare you to show me one person who doesn’t want a third Mamma Mia!” But she also cast a bit of a doubt on a third movie since, according to her, its existence would most likely depend on Universal paying the cast what they are worth, which is far more now than when the franchise started. “Nobody is saying no, but nobody is saying yes either,” Seyfried said. “The powers that be probably can’t afford us to be honest.

I hate to say it, because would I do ‘Mamma Mia 3’ for free — of course I would — but that’s not the business we’re in. What’s fair is fair, and I feel like a third film is gonna come down to something stupid like whether or not Universal wants to pay the money.” “I will be in an urn by the time there’s a script for ‘Mamma Mia 3,'” cast member Stellan Skarsgard quipped, “but I will gladly participate as a pile of ashes.” Meryl Streep, who co-headlined the original film and whose character was killed off for the sequel, also expressed interest in another movie. “I’m up for anything,” she told Vogue. “I’ll have to schedule a knee scoping before we film, but if there’s.