'The Dropout': Amanda Seyfried Breaks Down Her Awkward Dancing as Elizabeth Holmes (Exclusive)
etonline.comElizabeth Holmes loved to do, which is why it's been incorporated into, Hulu’s true-crime series chronicling the explosive realization that her once groundbreaking biotech startup was built on lies and fraudulent data.
While speaking to ET by phone and at the 92Y for their recent Recanati-Kaplan Talks event, Amanda Seyfried and showrunner Elizabeth Meriwether broke down all of Holmes’ awkward dancing and the series’ incredible music cues, from Len’s “Steal My Sunshine” to “Y Control” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. “The music ended up becoming such a big part of the show and it started with the anecdote in the podcast about Elizabeth Holmes dancing in her car alone,” Meriwether says, referring to the ABC News investigative series hosted by Rebecca Jarvis which is adapted from. “That really stuck out to me because I was just really trying to imagine what Elizabeth Holmes is like when nobody’s watching her.”From the very first episode, Holmes is seen dancing by herself at various points throughout the story, whether she’s alone in her room, in the car between investor meetings or lost in her head after a long job. “It became, for me, a way to show the character grappling with emotions… because I think she, the character in the show, is not great at getting her emotions out.
And so dancing just made sense in that way,” Meriwether says, adding later, “And I sort of took that and I just ran with it.” Considering how awkward it is to watch, it just adds to Seyfried’s stunning portrayal of Holmes, which covers everything from her deep baritone to her Steve Jobs-like attire to her discomfort in certain social situations. “It wasn’t choreographed, that’s for sure,” Seyfried says of most of those moments scattered throughout the series..
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