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’70s Adult Film Star Fascinates a New Era

By christinexo on | From a-seyfried.org

AS the artificial smoke was flushed out and the extras wearing wide lapels and garish miniskirts were led in during a break in filming here at the Alex Theater, a neo-Classical movie house and performance space, Amanda Seyfried was recalling a recent goodbye she’d shared with her father.

Production was just starting on her latest movie, and “I thought he was going to be, like, ‘I love you, I’ll miss you so much,’ ” said Ms. Seyfried, 26, whose cherubic face and dewy eyes have graced many a magazine cover. “But he was, like: ‘It’s in your hands. Tell her story.’ And it was really intense, like tears in his eyes.”

She added, “He’s just so proud that I have the opportunity to be responsible for that.”

The opportunity Ms. Seyfried and her father meant is the title role in “Lovelace,” an independent film about Linda Lovelace, the pornographic movie actress and star of “Deep Throat,” the hard-core 1972 feature that broke box office records and became a cultural sensation. And Ms. Seyfried’s excitement to play her may be equaled or surpassed by the awfulness of a life that no one would wish to live.

To Ms. Seyfried, who has played girls on the verge of womanhood in films like “Mamma Mia!” and on the HBO series “Big Love,” her part in “Lovelace” is an unapologetic bid to prove she can play more daring, decidedly grown-up characters.