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Why Amanda Seyfried wore a 'prosthetic butthole' for a film role
Amanda Seyfried wore several intimate prosthetics, including a "prosthetic butthole," to ensure safety and realism during graphic nude and birth scenes in the film.
- In a Feb. 25 interview, Oscar-nominated actor Seyfried told BBC's The Scott Mills Breakfast Show she wore a `prosthetic butthole` for a nude scene in The Testament of Ann Lee and clarified it is not visible to audiences.
- To depict childbirth accurately, the production used vaginal prosthetics and Seyfried also wore a merkin for modesty, ending the film `with just a merkin`.
- The film holds strong critic scores, with 87% on Rotten Tomatoes and an 82% Popcornmeter, and Seyfried earned award-season attention, including Oscar and Golden Globe nominations.
- The actor framed the measures as ensuring modesty and realism, describing the prosthetic as a `just in case` precaution on set and recalling, `I was pregnant and naked, but I wasn’t naked at all`.
- With the 2026 Academy Awards approaching, Seyfried revealed on Feb. 25 that she wore a `prosthetic butthole` for The Testament of Ann Lee, which premiered at Venice in September 2025, as part of her busy 2025 slate including The Housemaid.
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Amanda Seyfried Says She Wore A Prosthetic Butthole, Which Evidently Is A Thing, For A Recent Movie Role
I learned something new today. I learned that prosthetic buttholes are a thing. Who do I have to thank for this knowledge? Actress Amanda Seyfried.Does she have a medical use for one? Not that I know of. Is there a medical use for prosthetic buttholes? I don’t know the answer to that either.What I do know, according to Seyfried, is that the movie The Testament of Ann Lee, which was released on Christmas Day in the U.S. in 2025, had to be graphic…
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