Whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on
‘Passion and devotion can bring you to your knees’ Amanda Seyfried The Testament of Ann Lee star on madness, motherhood – and Manchester accents The Testament of Ann Lee is a bonkers fantasia about an obscure religious sect. Star Amanda Seyfried and writer-director Mona Fastvold talk obsession, devotion – and the joy of paired socks ‘I’d work on my Mancunian accent by watching videos of Maxine Peake’ 23 Jan 2026 - The Guardian / G2 Ryan Gilbey Not many actors take an interest in the audience’s aftercare. When it comes to The Testament of Ann Lee , however, Amanda Seyfried is hands-on. “Did you watch it with someone you could talk to?” she asks, giving a worried look when I admit that I saw it alone. “It’s nice to process it with somebody else.” Her concern is understandable. Heady and rapturous, this is the sort of go-for-broke phantasmagoria – an 18th-century musical biopic complete with feverish visions and levitating – that was once typical of Lars von Trier . I confe...