The 2000 role Amanda Seyfried “shudders to think about” to this day: “They were mean”
Amanda Seyfried has recalled being dropped from the soap opera *As the World Turns* as a teenager, saying the experience was exciting but heartbreaking. She felt the production did not treat her with care, and the story illustrates how an early setback in acting left a lasting impression.
Seyfried appeared in two episodes in December 2000, playing Lucy Montgomery, but was not invited back and learned her character had been sent to South America through the actors playing her parents. She later acknowledged her acting was not strong at the time, while describing the workplace as an unwarm environment. Peyton R List took over the role a year later; Seyfried continued auditioning, joined *All My Children* for a year, then landed *Mean Girls*.
In short
- Seyfried says she was dropped from *As the World Turns* at 15.
- She learned her character had left through other cast members.
- She kept auditioning and later appeared in *Mean Girls*.