Seyfried passes on sex-scene role

Pop culture · Heat 1.0 / 10 · 2 shows · 24m airtime

At a Hamptons International Film Festival panel in October 2026, Amanda Seyfried said she passed on a series because she did not want to do its sex scenes, saying her feelings have changed as she has gotten older and her kids now pay attention to her work. The discussion weighs her choice against Dakota Johnson's enjoyment of such scenes and Josh Hartnett's praise for an intimacy coordinator on Verity.

How 2 podcasts covered it

1. Pop Culture Crisis, 2026-10-12 (1:14:37 to 1:31:31)
   Recaps the panel and debates Gen Z
   Recaps Seyfried's Hamptons panel remarks on passing on a series over sex scenes, then widens into a long argument about Gen Z's discomfort with explicit content and whether intimacy coordinators protect actors or studios. Stays inside the panel and the Porter interview already on the record.
2. Chicks in the Office, 2026-10-14 (1:24:48 to 1:32:19)
   Widens the panel remark into a debate
   Covers Seyfried's panel remarks about turning down a show over its sex scenes, then widens into a debate on intimacy coordinators, Dakota Johnson's opposite view and when sex scenes serve a story. The event itself is reported, not advanced.
   New angle: Seyfried said she passed on a series because she did not want to do its sex scenes.