Amanda Seyfried Dominik Bindl/Getty Images Billy Evans, Elizabeth Holmes‘ husband, is finally addressing Amanda Seyfried’s portrayal of the disgraced Theranos founder in You Can See Everything.
Seyfried’s surprise appearance in the A24 documentary, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, was the second time she’s played Holmes. She previously portrayed her in Hulu’s 2022 miniseries The Dropout.
In his first interview since You Can See Everything released last month, Evans was asked by CBS News chief correspondent Matt Gutman about his thoughts on Seyfried’s role in the film.
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“I’m really glad that they included her because it shows what a difference there is between the real thing and how eager she was to play a character,” Evans replied on CBS Sunday Morning. When Gutman followed up to ask if he thought the actress played Holmes well, he added, “I’m glad Nathan was there to help her.”
“Doesn’t seem like you hold very high opinion of her acting, or of her as a person,” Gutman noted, prompting Evans to add, “Matt, I’m gonna do my best not to speak poorly about other people right now, because I’ve had a lot of people do that about me recently, and I know how it feels.”
You Can See Everything chronicles Holmes’ life in the 34 days leading up to her prison sentence, which began in May 2023. She’s now scheduled to move to a halfway house in August 2027.
Seyfried recently opened up to Rolling Stone about reprising the role, saying it was “muscle memory.” And though she wasn’t initially nervous about joining the documentary, she later got worried about the potential professional consequences of participating in the project.
“There was always this vibration of risk and that sensation of: Am I going to destroy my career in some way? Am I going to get entangled in this, like, wasp’s nest with Billy? Am I gonna say the wrong thing? Am I gonna perpetuate negativity for her? Everything was scary,” she admitted. However, she had a “strange level of trust” with the filmmakers.
Seyfried also explained why she decided to meet Evans after watching footage of his interactions with his wife and Fielder and Lance Oppenheim.
“It felt dangerous. I wanted answers. We all had this need to understand who was pulling the strings. What he was doing and how he was in the footage that I saw, how you guys were interacting — it felt yucky to me,” she explained. “I just wanted any information I could get on Billy. I became this weird Billy detective because I had gotten such strong negative feelings from him in the footage. I felt like I needed to meet this guy. It was exciting to me, and it was scary, and it was questionable.”
Seyfried previously won an Emmy for her portrayal of Holmes in The Dropout. She also plans to campaign for You Can See Everything.
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