Amanda Seyfried’s upcoming book-to-screen adaptation of The Housemaid is sure to be a real trip. The film is based on Freida McFadden’s thriller novel, and it follows a young woman who decides to become a live-in maid to a distrustful, wealthy family. Director Paul Feig teased that his movie is one to “clutch” your “pearls” to, and that alone had me all-in. However, now, Seyfried has spoken about watching her new movie with co-star Sydney Sweeney, and I really wish I could have been at this watch party.
As someone who read Freida McFadden’s best-selling novel, it was a real page-turner trying to find out the true intentions of the wealthy, but suspicious Winchesters. With that in mind, I assumed the 2025 movie release would keep me on the edge of my seat. However, its star, Amanda Seyfried, revealed her wild reaction to the movie to Variety, and it left me surprised and wishing I could have been a fly on the wall at the watch party she had with Sydney Sweeney:
