Amanda Seyfried Talks 'Awkward' Dance Scenes On 'The Dropout': 'It Wasn't Choreographed'

Amanda Seyfried is opening up about her cringe-worthy dance moves in "The Dropout."

Hulu's limited series has featured Seyfried's character, convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, dancing several times, including grooving to Alabama's "I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)" in her bedroom and to Missy Elliott's "We Run This" in her office.

Elizabeth also dances with Sunny Balwani (Naveen Andrews) to Lil' Wayne's "How to Love" and Nick Jonas' hit "Jealous" on the series.

When asked about filming Elizabeth's dance scenes, Seyfried told Entertainment Tonight that most of her character's "awkward" moves on the series were actually "spontaneous" and unplanned.

"It wasn't choreographed, that's for sure," she said of a majority of the dance scenes, aside from her office routine to Missy Elliott's song.

For the "Les Miserables" star, the dances were all about "finding the wrong move or finding that weird, awkward rhythm that you want to hide."

"Like, really getting in touch with that," Seyfried explained. "That awkwardness is kind of what brings us all together as audience members. We all have awkward tendencies and moments. And I'm just like, 'Bring it out. I want to see more of that.'"

"The Dropout" showrunner Elizabeth Meriwether told the outlet that the freedom of dancing alone was "the feeling that we want all the time."

Meriwether also shared that she incorporated the dance scenes after learning on Rebecca Jarvis' ABC News podcast, from which the show was adapted, that Holmes would often dance in her car alone.

"The music ended up becoming such a big part of the show and it started with the anecdote in the podcast about Elizabeth Holmes dancing in her car alone," the showrunner said. "That really stuck out to me because I was just really trying to imagine what Elizabeth Holmes is like when nobody's watching her."

Meriwether explained that the dance scenes became her way "to show the character grappling with emotions" as Elizabeth, on the show, "is not great at getting her emotions out."

"And so dancing just made sense in that way. And I sort of took that and I just ran with it," she added.

"The Dropout" follows the rise and fall of Holmes, who was found guilty of fraud and conspiracy in January after duping investors out of millions by falsely purporting that Theranos' technology could run hundreds of medical tests using just a few drops of blood.

Holmes, who was once lauded as the world's youngest self-made female billionaire, faces up to 20 years in prison. Her sentencing will come at a later date.

Seyfried previously revealed that she had initially turned down the role because of a bout with COVID-19.

"Listen, I was having a f––king moment, OK?" she told The Hollywood Reporter. "I had COVID. I was isolating in the basement of a gross townhouse in Savannah, Georgia, because my husband was working on a movie there. And now an L.A. shoot? Pass!"

However, the actress changed her mind after her fever subsided. "It's really going to be difficult. It's a huge challenge. But I can't believe that I get a challenge like this," Seyfried said

New episodes of "The Dropout," which also stars Stephen Fry, William H. Macy, Laurie Metcalf, Sam Waterston, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Kate Burton, Michel Gill, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Elizabeth Marvel and Dylan Minnette, debut Thursday on Hulu.