Amanda Seyfried discusses tense dinner with Billy Evans in documentary
The actor told Rolling Stone that footage shown to her by filmmaker Nathan Fielder prompted her to seek a meeting with Elizabeth Holmes’ partner.
Amanda Seyfried has discussed her involvement in the documentary You Can See Everything, telling Rolling Stone that her effort to understand Billy Evans led to a dinner encounter she described as confrontational.
Seyfried appears as herself in the film after playing Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu’s The Dropout. In the documentary, filmmaker Nathan Fielder visits Seyfried’s home and shows her footage of Holmes recorded before her imprisonment. Seyfried then joins him in looking into Evans, Holmes’ partner.
Speaking with Fielder and co-director Lance Oppenheim for Rolling Stone, Seyfried said the footage had left her with negative feelings about Evans and questions she wanted answered. She said her participation developed through separate meetings and decisions, rather than an initial commitment to make a movie.
Seyfried said she tried to approach the dinner at Evans’ home with an open mind despite her misgivings. The conversation included Evans discussing his power of attorney for Holmes and posting on her behalf, as well as challenging Seyfried over her public comments about Charlie Kirk after his death.
Describing Evans’ behavior as aggressive, Seyfried said she felt compelled to defend herself while trying to preserve enough rapport to remain at the dinner.
