Amanda Seyfried

James Acaster· Host0:00

I'm on tour. I'm on tour until August, and there are still tickets available at jamesacaster.com. I'm looking at you Glasgow, Belfast. Oh, there was somewhere else. Just please go on the website and buy tickets, please. Jamesacaster.com.

Ed Gamble· Host0:16

[upbeat music] Welcome to the Off Menu podcast, taking the pasta dough of conversation, putting it through the pasta machine of humor, and making the tagliatelle of podcasting.

James Acaster· Host0:39

That is Ed Gamble. My name is James Acaster. Together we own a dream restaurant, and every single week we invite a guest, ask them their favorite ever starter, main course, dessert, side dish, and drink, not in that order. And this week, our guest is Amanda Seyfried.

Ed Gamble· Host0:51

Amanda Seyfried. Uh, yes, a wonderful actor, James, of course.

James Acaster· Host0:54

One actor, man.

Ed Gamble· Host0:55

Yeah, so many things.

James Acaster· Host0:56

Uh, Mank. Got an Academy Award nomination for Mank.

Ed Gamble· Host1:00

Oh, yeah?

James Acaster· Host1:01

Yeah, yeah.

Ed Gamble· Host1:02

Mean Girls.

James Acaster· Host1:04

Mean Girls, of course.

Ed Gamble· Host1:05

Mamma Mia!

James Acaster· Host1:06

Mamma Mia!, of course, and- The new film that Amanda will be talking to us about, The Testament of Anne Lee or The Woman Clothed by the Sun with the Moon Under Her Feet. It sounds fantastic.

Ed Gamble· Host1:17

It does.

James Acaster· Host1:17

It's, it's about... I'd never heard of Anne Lee, didn't know who Anne Lee was.

Ed Gamble· Host1:21

Mm.

James Acaster· Host1:21

Somebody founded the Shakers, which is a religious sect. It's an incredible story. We're gonna talk to Amanda more about it.

Ed Gamble· Host1:26

We are.

James Acaster· Host1:26

Learn more about it, and I'm very much looking forward to seeing the film.

Ed Gamble· Host1:29

Yes, very