Amanda Seyfried urged Mona Fastvold to cast "somebody English" in The Testament of Ann Lee.
The 39-year-old actress has the title role in the musical drama - which is based on the story of the 18th-century founder of Christian sect the Shakers who emigrated from the UK to the US in 1776 with a small group of followers - and she was so concerned about messing up the writer-director's vision for the movie, she wasn't sure she was right for the part.