Amanda Seyfried didn't get botox for a year because of The Testament of Ann Lee

Actor and singer Amanda Seyfried opened up about giving up Botox and makeup for her role as Ann Lee in The Testament of Ann Lee according to PeopleThe Testament of Ann Lee is a historical drama musical film cowritten and directed by Mona Fastvold It stars Amanda Seyfried as Ann Lee the 18thcentury founder of the Christian sect the ShakersThe Testament of Ann Lee is an epic fable inspired by the life of Ann Lee the founder of the Shakers a radical religious movement that began in the late 1700sFastvold said in a statement earlier Our film is a speculative retelling of the life of Ann Lee one of the few female religious leaders of the 18th century She and her followers known as the Shakers worshipped through ecstatic song and movement trembling exuberant and physically expressive acts of devotion reported PeopleSeyfried gave her best for her role in the new film and made certain sacrifices Seyfried said during the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of her film that the sacrifice was well worth itIm an actor and thats my job and thats what I love to do she told the outlet I dont necessarily need all that in my life I just like it The things that I like I can sacrifice a little Of course I canShe added We did make sacrifices and it was worth it Every day was fun We didnt just survive we thrived as quoted by PeopleThe actress previously spoke about forgoing Botox as part of director Mona Fastvolds nomakeup rule for The Testament of Ann Lee in an interviewI couldnt get Botox for a year she said adding That was a big assignment When I first got Botox I was like This is amazing because I frown a lot But then it all came back in a way that was absolutely necessary for all the work I was doingThe Testament of Ann Lee had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival on Monday September 1Amanda Seyfried got emotional as her film The Testament of Ann Lee received a 15minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival reported PeopleWhile talking about the film Amanda said Its a celebration Its an experience Its unlike anything so it is hard to describe for me as somebody whos not very good at describing things But it felt very brave and it felt very scary But once we were shooting that lifted as quoted by VarietyDuring the Venice press conference Fastvold explained why she cast Seyfried in the lead roleAmanda has a lot of power she said Shes really strong She is a wonderful mother She is a little mad And so I knew that she could access those things she could access the kindness the gentleness the tenderness And she could also access this power and this madness as quoted by the outletThe director added And I think that at our age there is something really exciting about exploring the combination of all of that And I saw that Amanda has all of that and that she was ready to go full force into that reported PeopleThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever