{"id":1515722,"date":"2026-06-15T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=d70f3f19b5b8be1d0c44672f4d36690d"},"modified":"2026-06-15T15:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:26:17","slug":"amanda-seyfried-was-once-cast-to-play-joni-mitchell-on-screen-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1515722","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Seyfried was once cast to play Joni Mitchell on screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/9b0eaaa68a8587a53beb44b67675a6bb-1.jpg\" alt\/><figcaption>Portrait of Joni Mitchell in London, 1970. (Photo by Dick Barnatt\/Redferns)\/Amanda Seyfried arrives at Hotel Excelsior during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 01, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Many people thought Amanda Seyfried was auditioning to play Joni Mitchell when she showed off her dulcimer skills by performing&nbsp;the singer's tune \u201cCalifornia\u201d during a March 2025 appearance on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ly0kgS2UioA&amp;t=2s\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em><\/a>. It turns out Seyfried actually learned to play the instrument because she had already been cast to play&nbsp;Joni on screen.<\/p><p>In a new interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq-magazine.co.uk\/article\/amanda-seyfrieds-harvest-moon\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">British <em>GQ<\/em><\/a>, Seyfried reveals she was supposed to play Joni in a film about her and her manger Elliot Roberts, which wound up not happening.<\/p><p>As part of her prep for the role, Seyfried spent time with Joni at her home in Los Angeles, where they shared a steak dinner and listened to Joni's&nbsp;iconic album <em>Blue<\/em> together. Seyfried adds that during the meeting, Joni \u201ctold me a lot of stories.\u201d<\/p><p>For the role, Seyfried committed herself to learning how to play all the songs on <em>Blue<\/em>, along with other&nbsp;Joni classics like \"Both Sides Now.\" She tells the mag she \"f****** wept\" the day she finished learning the last song.<\/p><p>\u201cI felt like a bona fide musician, like I belong here,\" she says. \"I felt like I had put my own flag on the top of the mountain. Because it was a f***** mountain, I tell you.\u201d<\/p><p>Writer\/director Cameron Crowe is currently working on a&nbsp;Joni&nbsp;biopic, which will reportedly star Meryl Streep as Joni in her later years.<\/p><p>As for whether she had a chance to be in Crowe\u2019s film, Seyfried tells the mag, \"Apparently a lot of people reached out to Cameron Crowe and were like, 'What the f*** are you doing, dude?'\" She noted, \"I don\u2019t know what he said, but from my knowledge, his version is, she\u2019s really young and then she\u2019s older.\"<\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portrait of Joni Mitchell in London, 1970. (Photo by Dick Barnatt\/Redferns)\/Amanda Seyfried arrives at Hotel Excelsior during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 01, 2025 in Venice, Italy. 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