Actress Amanda Seyfried rejected TV role over nonstop sex scenes, refused to get 'naked with a stranger'

Actress Amanda Seyfried revealed during a Sunday conversation with Alec Baldwin at the Hamptons International Film Festival in East Hampton, New York, that she rejected a television series because of its frequent sex scenes, explaining that she has become increasingly uncomfortable performing intimate scenes as she gets older.

"I passed on a show where I would have to have sex all the time because of the sex.

Doesn't matter [who it's with]… I don't want to do it.

I'm uncomfortable with it.

I'm not into it right now," Seyfried said, according to People Magazine .

Seyfried's decision echoes concerns raised by other Hollywood actresses, including Gina Gershon, who told Fox News Digital in March that she rejected a starring role in the 1981 horror film "Friday the 13th Part 2" after learning her character would appear topless.

"I was offered a lead in that movie," Gershon said, adding that the nudity "definitely felt kind of exploitative to me." 'GAME OF THRONES' STAR LENA HEADEY SAYS OUTRAGE OVER INFAMOUS NUDE SCENE LEFT HER STUNNED Seyfried, 40, said her feelings about portraying romantic relationships on screen have changed significantly since the beginning of her career, when she was more enthusiastic about filming intimate scenes.

"Maybe if [the project] came along again [at a later point], maybe I'd be in a different space.

But I don't want to deal with being naked with a stranger," Seyfried said.

The Oscar-nominated actress previously acknowledged feeling pressured to participate in uncomfortable scenes when she was younger.

In a 2022 interview with Porter magazine, Seyfried described participating in scenes without underwear at 19 because she feared upsetting people and jeopardizing her career.

"Oh, I know why: I was 19, and I didn't want to upset anybody and I wanted to keep my job.

That's why," Seyfried said.

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