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Amanda Seyfried Talks Her ‘F— ed Up’ Character in Series Mania Title ‘Long Bright River,’ Calls for Compassion for Victims of Addiction

Amanda Seyfried on family and addiction in ‘Long Bright River,’ created by Nikki Toscano and Liz Moore, and to bow at France’s Series Mania.

Amanda Seyfried admired her “fearless” character Mickey Fitzpatrick in “ Long Bright River ”. Nicholas Pinnock, Ashleigh Cummings, Callum Vinson and John Doman star alongside Seyfried, known for “Mean Girls,” “Mamma Mia!” and her take on Elizabeth Holmes’ rise and fall in miniseries “The Dropout,” which earned her an Emmy. As the show goes on, both sisters – raised by their grandfather following the loss of their parents – have to deal with their past and “multi-generational trauma as it pertains to addiction,” notes Toscano, who wanted to tackle “what it’s like to be a person suffering from substance use disorder and a person who loves them.”

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