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Amanda Seyfried urged Mona Fastvold to consider English actress for The Testament of Ann Lee

Amanda Seyfried had doubt about playing Ann Lee

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.

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