Amanda Seyfried Is Sick Of Sequels: “It’s Just For Money And It’s Frustrating”

Amanda Seyfried isn’t pretending to be above remakes – the Mean Girls star knows she’s starred in her fair share of sequels. But that didn’t stop her from saying what so many of us have been feeling for a while now: we’re exhausted. From superheroes to animated movies and dinosaurs, it’s beginning to feel like Hollywood’s entire slate is a reboot or a rehash.

“I will say, there’s a little bit of fatigue with sequels,” Seyfried admitted during a conversation with Superman actress Rachel Brosnahan for Interview Magazine. “I want original content. I think it’s really scary and brave to do it. It’s not scary and not very brave to do sequels. It’s just for money and it’s frustrating.”

This summer alone, studios are rolling out Jurassic World Rebirth, Fantastic Four, and yet another Superman. Even Brosnahan joked, “What’s our Barbenheimer between ‘Fantastic Four,’ ‘Jurassic Park,’ and ‘Superman’? The people need you. Supertastic Park?”

Seyfried laughed along, “It’s Fantastic Super-park. It’s Four Superparks. Four Dinosaurs. Four Super Dinosaurs. I don’t know!”

Seyfried is the kind of star who would do Mamma Mia 3 in a heartbeat, but she’s also clearly tired of studios playing it safe. Meanwhile, Dakota Johnson is echoing her. When asked why Hollywood has become so risk-averse during her Hot Ones interview, she stated, “I think it’s hard when creative decisions are made by a committee, and it’s hard when creative decisions are made by people who don’t even really watch movies or know anything about them … that tends to be what’s occurring a lot.”

The Materialists actress went on to say, “When something does well… studios want to keep that going so they remake the same things. But humans don’t want that. They want fresh. They want to feel new things, experience new things, see new things. So I don’t know, I guess it’s all just a bit of a mess right now, isn’t it?”

She’s not wrong either. Whether it’s Amanda Seyfried rolling her eyes at another franchise installment or Dakota Johnson calling the industry a “mess,” the frustration is palpable. Viewers are saying it too, every time they scroll past a trailer and feel like they’ve already seen it.

So here we are. Another remake on the way (Disney, please stop it already). Another sequel we didn’t ask for. And a whole lot of original stories sitting on a shelf because no one’s “sure” they’ll make money.

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