With The Housemaid nearing $375M worldwide, Amanda Seyfried recently admitted the extent of her work on the Paul Feig film.
Despite being credited as an executive producer on the feature adaptation of Freida McFadden’s 2022 novel, the Oscar nominee confessed she “didn’t do sh*t to make that movie” beyond her onscreen portrayal of Nina Winchester.
“Can I tell you something? I’m a producer on it,” she noted on The Graham Norton Show. “But I didn’t know until three weeks in, when I saw the call sheet, and I was like, ‘Executive producer? I didn’t sign up for that.’”
Seyfried said she then called a producer on the film, who informed her that her agent negotiated the credit on her behalf. “And I was like, ‘This really better be a hit.’ It was one of those vanity credits, ’cause I didn’t do sh*t to make that movie. I only acted in it,” she added.
The Testament of Ann Lee star explained that although some actors are given made executive producer as a “vanity credit,” others like fellow guest Margot Robbie put in the actual work.
“That’s the thing about vanity credits,” said Seyfried. “I don’t want people to get it twisted. What Margot [Robbie] does is really intensely developing movies from jump. I just jumped in, had a bunch of fun and left. And now, I’m like, they’re sending me on a vacation.”
In The Housemaid, Millie (Sydney Sweeney) takes a job as a live-in housemaid for a wealthy couple (Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar) who harbor some sinister secrets.