Amanda Seyfried Talks The Dropout and Plays Whisper Challenge | The Tonight Show

-It's a pleasure to see you in person. -Yes Yes. It's really great to be here. -Thanks for being here. -There are no problems. -I want to get involved in everything. I want to talk about the new series, but I also follow you on social media and I like to follow you there. And you had a good... Every now and then you throw out a throwback Thursday photo and I'm like, "Oh, we should talk about that next time." -Oh, yes, yes, yes. -Next time you're on the

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. And you posted one on Instagram from a "Mean Girls" karaoke party. -I know.

I thought it would be... I thought it was good. -Lacey Chabert, Amy Poehler, Lindsay Lohan. I mean, that's a classic. -Besides, it had never been seen. I thought I found gold in my closet. I was back in Los Angeles, filming "The Dropout," and I was going through all these pictures trying to throw them away, and I thought, "This is gold. We need..." - "Someone needs to see this." -Yes, this was my first farewell party and there was karaoke with these good people. -Do you do a lot of karaoke? -No. -You don't, no. -I don't like. -But you are a good singer.

I've heard you sing in movies. -Thanks I know. I would do it for work. I would never want to force people to listen to me. Not under my supervision, you know what I mean? -But that's the fun of karaoke. We all pay for entertainment from you, from everyone. -But some people take it very seriously and then I feel like an idiot. I'm too worried about what people think of me. So I'll do something like Eminem or something funny. -You will do something like: "Don't take this seriously." -Yes Yes. I'm definitely not good at this, so I'm going to do it. -Oh, I'm the complete opposite. -Are you competitive? -I'm really trying to get my album out. -You have been acting, believe it or not, for more than 20 years.

Does that seem possible? No. -No... -I don't think so, yes. But I heard there was a job early on that you couldn't get. And I just want to hear a little bit about this. -Oh, well, the... Yeah, I auditioned for Clean & Clear and Neutrogena and whatever else was there. -You were just modeling first. -Commercial objective. I really wanted to be a part of the Target commercials because they were national commercials and they paid you a lot of money. -Yes, Target, they make excellent commercials. -Yes, they do, and then they make you do weird things at auditions too. -Like what? -Like, "What's your secret talent?" For example.

And I was probably 15 or younger, and they played some Timberlake song. And I said, "I'm not going to dance, but I can do the robot." That's another thing. This is closely related to my fear of singing. I'll just rap for you. Do you want me to dance? I'm not going to dance for you, but I'll do the robot. You know what I mean? -Okay, yeah, so you don't dance, you don't sing, but you do sing in real life. I've heard you in the movies. -Yes, for... Yes. -Yes. And then the robot comes out, when what, under pressure? -UH Huh. -Like weddings or something?

You say, "Don't make me... I really don't want to..." So what would happen if a heartbeat sounded right now? What would happen? -Uh... ♪♪ I guess I would get up and try to make the robot. ♪♪ ♪♪ -You got engaged to the first one. This is how you do it. Oh my God. You really commit to it. -Thank you. It was difficult. You have to get tough, yeah. -I love that you did that. You really commit to it. By the way, you're getting amazing reviews for your role in "The Dropout." -Yeah. It's a dream. -Amanda Seyfried in "the best performance of her career," "Chicago Sun Times," not bad at all.

Best of her career, wow. I mean, you're fantastic. -I guess I'm done. -"Fascinating performance", "Sydney Morning Herald". I mean, "terribly mesmerizing," "Hollywood Insider." I mean, this is a big deal. -Is very crazy. -Did you think the voice was going to be the key? Did you think, "Oh, I can do it with her"? Did you see the documentary? How did you get to it? -Oh, God, I did it all. And she also had deposition tapes from a static camera while she was questioned by the SEC. -Fascinating character. -Yes, and you see a lot. I mean, you see everything on those tapes.

And I also watched a lot of all the YouTube videos that were recorded of her on stage. And of course, I watched it all and listened to it all: Carreyrou's book on Audible and "The Dropout" podcast, of course, which this is based on. Man, I couldn't get enough. It was the most fun ever. And you know what? A bunch of my actor friends were like, "God, you're a character actor." And I said, "I've never thought of it that way." It's a lot more fun to play people who are a little bit separate from you. I'm always playing a version of myself, right?

And I love it. And I'm good at it, depending. And this was just a completely different ballgame, and I really loved it. -And it's true that... Because I remember the documentary, I saw it and then I said... Many of his friends said: "Yes, that was never really his voice." And then her eyes started... She started not blinking. She read that in some book, if you blink, it's a sign of weakness or something. -Yes something like that. Like you're not listening or just like, "I'm invested in you. I want to know what you're saying." -So she would just not blink, and she would come and she would just look and not blink.

And I was like, “Oh my God, that's fascinating.” And you did it. You really did a great job. - You have to get there, you know? It's really important. I don't feel it. It's not that deep. Listen, it's my version. I always have to remind people that it's my version. I can never go that low, but I will go as low as I can with affection. -You did it perfect. A person puts on these headphones while music is playing at full volume. Then the other person takes a card, okay? - and he reads the random phrase on the card.

And the person wearing the headphones has to try to guess what he just said. Okay, Amanda, first you're going to put on your headphones. I'll start the music. Let me know when you can't hear anything. Well. Good? OK it's good? Alright, it's happening. No, you need it stronger. Do you need it stronger? Wow. Too tall. Not well. Well well. Well. Alright. Here we go. Here we go. Well. April

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ers bring May flowers. -April showers bring May flowers. -That?! ♪♪ Yes! -Oh, is that all? -Yeah! -Oh yeah. -Wow! -When you said "April showers," I thought, "You're saying 'April show...' Oh, bring on...

Yeah, okay." -Wow. How did you get that? You're the first person to get it the first time. -Oh great. Yes. -That was incredible. Awesome. I didn't know, I swear. -Okay, here we go. This is good. We are good partners. Okay, wait a second. -Alright. It is very noisy. Well. Ready? It's good. I do not know what it is. -Yeah. - Cadbury egg and cream. -Have you started yet? -Cadbury egg and cream. -You are starting? -Yeah. -And action! -Cadbury egg and cream. -Candy wrappers. -Cadbury egg and cream. -Candy, baby. -Cadbury egg and cream. -Cameron baby. -Cad-bury egg and cream. -Calbert and Hobbes. -Cadbury egg and cream. -Calbert... -Cadbury -- -Calbert I one... -Cadbury... -Calbury... -Cad-bury. -Cal-bert.

Cowbert... Cowbert... -Cream. -You and I. -Cream. -Yume. Cowbert Hume. -Cream. -The great author Calbert Hume, everyone. -Cream! -Cream! -Egg! -Cadbury egg and cream! -Yeah! ♪♪ -Wow. Did I yell at you? I'm sorry. -I yelled at you. -Sorry if I yelled- Oh, did you yell at me? I couldn't hear you. Very good. Well well. I'm sorry. Well well. We have two. This is good. We are already at a record. This is big. Very good, ready? W-2. W-2. -Jumping to. -W-2. -Double truth. -W-2. -Double truth. -W-2. -Jump... really jumping. -W-2. -Double W. -W. -2. -It's true. -Ah! W-2. -"Dumbo 2." -We were very close.

W.-W. -2. -2. -Yeah! ♪♪ Taxes. Form W-2. -I'm so stupid. -You say: "I haven't done my W-2 in years." -W-2? -"I pay somewhere for that." Alright, here we go. -There is no... There... -Alright, here we go. Ready? -Yeah. -Ok, let's go. That's all. For the victory. We already have 50/50. This is good. -I didn't... -We have this. -Okay, I didn't understand that one. -We have this, friend. -Well. Timothée Chalamet. -Timothée Chalamet? -Ah! Yeah! ♪♪ -Come on. -You got it first and I got it first. -I know. I got it the first time. We are winners. -Timothée Chalamet!

Amanda Seyfried, everyone!