Spoilers ahead for “You Can See Everything,” the documentary about Elizabeth Holmes.
“You Can See Everything,” the documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, has officially been released and people and critics have thoughts — many, many thoughts.
They also want to know what Amanda Seyfried thinks.
During the documentary’s opening weekend, the actor was asked her opinion on the film by many reporters while at the Academy Museum Gala. She remained tight-lipped, and there’s a reason for that.
Directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, the almost 3-hour film begins 34 days before the Theranos founder and CEO entered prison in 2023.
While Holmes invites a film crew into her home to follow her, partner William “Billy” Evans and their two children, Willian and Invicta, in her San Diego home, the second half of the film takes an unexpected and polarizing turn.
“You Can See Everything” includes an appearance from Seyfried, who portrayed the disgraced Theranos founder in the Hulu series “The Dropout.”
Holmes hoped to revolutionize blood testing. However, in 2022, after a federal investigation uncovered critical violations in a Theranos lab, she was found guilty of four counts of wire fraud.
Sentenced to 11 years in prison, “You Can See Everything” shows Holmes maintaining her innocence before surrendering to Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas.
To tell the rest of the story, the filmmakers ask for Seyfried’s help.
Why Is Amanda Seyfried in ‘You Can See Everything’?
Amid the questions that arise about Holmes, as well as her relationship with Evans, Fielder decides to reach out to none other than Seyfried for insight.
Seyfried portrayed Holmes in the 2022 limited series “The Dropout,” even winning an Emmy for her performance.
During his stay at their home, Fielder has Holmes and Evans watch episodes of “The Dropout.” The show ends up making Holmes uncomfortable and through tears she tells Fielder she no longer wants to watch it.
Holmes then goes to prison, but filming continues.
Holmes and Evans had been working on a new business venture, what they called Theranos 2.0. Two years after Holmes reported to prison, Evans calls the film crew and tells them he has an update on their project.
Fielder tries to get updates about Holmes, who was unreachable with cameras, but doesn’t get much. Then tensions start brewing between Evans and the film crew.
“As we are trying to finish making (the film) … (Evans) started trying to exert a level of control over the process that made it very hard to engage with him,” Fielder said at an Oct. 6 Los Angeles screening. “It was uncomfortable for us … We sort of had to stop. Communication broke down basically, and we’ve been in that state for a little bit.”
Fielder noted, at the time, that Evans had not seen the film.
How Did Amanda Seyfried Get Involved in ‘You Can See Everything’?
Fielder and Oppenheim had never met Seyfried, but was one of many people they reached out to in late 2025, according to press notes.
“A lot of people say no in this process, and a lot of people who are relevant to her story want nothing to do with her anymore,” Fielder said.
Thanks to a mutual friend, Fielder was able to connect with Seyfried, who agreed to watch their footage and talk about her experience on camera.
While preparing for her role in “The Dropout,” Seyfried never met or communicated with Holmes. However, the actor became “an invaluable key” in how the filmmakers continued their investigation and the “unprecedented” ending.
About halfway through the film, after Holmes is in prison, Seyfried and Fielder watch the footage of Holmes watching “The Dropout.”
This was the first in-person meeting between the two and it was captured “as it unfolded, unscripted and in real time.”
What came next is unorthodox, unconventional and intriguing.
Seyfried accompanies Fielder to Holmes’ San Diego home where he recounts the first time he met the biotech company founder. They then re-create that very scene.
As the documentary continues, Seyfried continues to help Fielder in his re-creations, including a meeting with the filmmakers, A24 executives and Holmes and Evans.
As Seyfried’s involvement deepens, she begins to bring her own perspective to Holmes’ life, also questioning the CEO and her partner’s intentions.
In a wild turn of events, Fielder brings Seyfried to Evans’ home, where she gets a chance to briefly speak with Holmes who calls from prison. After some shocking revelations, including Evans controlling Holmes’ social media accounts, the actor gets into a heated argument with Evans, cementing her dislike of him.
Seyfried also re-creates Fielder’s meeting with Holmes in prison, since cameras are not allowed inside.
As the documentary comes to an end, Seyfried and Fielder question if Holmes is a victim or they, too, are being deceived.
“I still am not sure to this day what I experienced,” Fielder said during the Los Angeles screening. “It’s one of the reasons I’m excited for it to come out and more people to see it because it was just a small group for so long. I actually think maybe it being out there everyone can help me understand what I went through.”
What Has Amanda Seyfried Said About ‘You Can See Everything’?
During the Oct. 17 Academy Museum Gala, Seyfried was asked how her life is right now, alluding to her unexpected cameo.
“It’s interesting, yeah, it’s interesting,” Seyfried told The Hollywood Reporter, who added that it’s difficult to do interviews at the moment.
The actor agreed, adding, “For a good reason. I don’t know, I think everything that’s happening is meant to happen … everyone that’s in your life is meant to be in your life.”
Both did not specifically mention her role in the film, but the reporter asked if it made some of her conversations difficult.
“Only of late,” she said, before being asked what topics she could talk about.
“I like to talk about the emus. I like to talk about Halloween,” she said. “And you can engage with me if you want to talk about all things having to do with apple pie and olives and really good hard ciders.”
Additionally, in the comment section of The Hollywood Reporter’s Instagram video, Seyfried reacted to her own response.
“What AM I even saying,” she wrote.
Variety’s Marc Malkin also chatted with Seyfried at the same event.
“Don’t ask me anything,” she said, before coming up to him. “I got nothing to say.”
He then asked if she thinks there will be a second season of “The Dropout,” to which she replied, “I don’t think so. But life is long.”
She also added that she’s kept up on Holmes’ story “on and off.”
