Amanda Seyfried Wept Learning Joni Mitchell's 'Blue' Album for Shelved Biopic!
Amanda Seyfried Wept Learning Joni Mitchell's 'Blue' Album for Shelved Biopic!
Actress Amanda Seyfried opens up about her intense preparation for a shelved Joni Mitchell biopic, mastering 'Blue' on multiple instruments. A must-read for music and film fans!
Amanda Seyfried, the acclaimed actress, recently shared an emotional journey of intense musical dedication while preparing for a Joni Mitchell biopic that has since been shelved. In a candid interview with GQ, Seyfried revealed she spent the pandemic mastering every track from Mitchell's iconic 1971 album, 'Blue,' across the guitar, dulcimer, and piano. This deep dive into Mitchell's masterpiece was for a role portraying the legendary singer-songwriter in a film also set to feature Elliot Roberts, Mitchell's manager.
Seyfried recounted the profound moment she completed learning the final song on the album, “The Last Time I Saw Richard.” “I fucking wept,” she confessed to GQ. “I felt like a bona fide musician, like I belong here. I felt like I had put my own flag on the top of the mountain. Because it was a fucking mountain, I tell you.” Her dedication extended to meeting Joni Mitchell herself at the folk icon’s home in Los Angeles, where she absorbed Mitchell's stories firsthand. Seyfried recalled Mitchell's humble assessment after listening to the album together: "It's sparse, isn't it?" to which Seyfried added, “It’s perfect!”
Fans might recall Seyfried's viral performance of Mitchell's “California” on the dulcimer during an appearance on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' last year. She explained the virality by saying, “The reason it was so viral was because it wasn’t meant to be. And because it was happy.” While Seyfried's project may be on hold, another Joni Mitchell film is in the works, directed by Cameron Crowe, with Meryl Streep slated to star as Mitchell in her later years. Details about this new project remain under wraps.
