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Amanda Seyfried discusses the powerful dichotomy of her character in 'The Test of Ann Lee,' from the 'beautiful space to exist in' of faith to the 'torture' and trauma that fueled her conviction.
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00:00Mystical things are always, I'm always curious about what it would feel like to live in a
00:05world where you believe, well more specifically that she believed that she was the second
00:10coming of Jesus Christ.
00:11It's like, what a beautiful space to exist in and a belief to have, you know, do I relate
00:21to that?
00:22No.
00:23But underneath all of it, that came from trauma.
00:26That came from a lot of torture.
00:30That's how she existed because that's all she had.
00:36Like, you know, she could have died from grief, but instead she was lifted for a greater purpose.
00:41And seeing herself as the Messiah was for the greater good of everybody.
00:47It wasn't to lead people with fear or power, it was to lead people with kindness and compassion.
00:54And I was just like, give me it.
00:56I will take, I will suck anything I can out of this, this kind of engine inside of her.
01:03Oh my god.
01:04Here we go.

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