The difference between Amanda's performance and Elizabeth's is that Amanda is playing a character who the audience knows is a psychopath, but is trying to put on a performance of a kind and trust-worthy person, while Elizabeth is actually playing a kind and trust-worthy character, who the audience doesn't know is actually a psychopath.

I think Amanda made a few necessary changes to make it more 'cinematic'. The longer pauses and extra shaking is for the tension. Movies are always a bit exaggerated, and they need to be. Otherwise, it might as well be a documentary. I'm sure Amanda was instructed to be a bit more dramatic, and she did a phenomenal job.

Amanda did a good job but still Elizabeth's acting skills are better

If I ever get infamous, it's comforting to know that I'll be played by someone infinitely more attractive than me.

Amanda couldn't quite get her voice as low as Robot Elizabeth, but otherwise she gave an Emmy-worthy performance in The Dropout. It takes a lot of work for an attractive, engaging, charismatic actress to transform into whatever the hell species Elizabeth Holmes is.

I’m not a medical professional and still an undergrad myself but after hearing more about this I’m really confused how anyone ever believed her or her company’s blood testing thing would work

I want to moisturise Elizabeth's hair so badly!

I love the way Amanda moves her lips when she talks. That little gesture make her look creepier and hence more accurate. She was amazing.

The difference between Holmes and Seyfried's portrayal is by the time The Dropout aired we were all in on the "gag" as it were. Playing Holmes strictly as herself would have actually made for a dull series, Amanda injected enough knowing into her portrayal to keep it grounded in reality but with that knowing wink to the audience that says "we all know how this ends, right?" Seyfried was just phenomenal in this role. I actually felt a little sorry for Holmes.

Holmes come across much more confident that Seyfried

Elizabeth Holmes needs an Oscar for her acting, she fooled everyone.

Elizabeth's eyes are freaking haunting

I think Amanda looks too unhinged unstable, and insecure. The real woman seems calm, still, confident, and calculated (which makes her all the more creepy)

I think Amanda Seyfried did a phenomenal job in her portrayal of an actual living person. I don't think I'm impressed by many actors these days, but I am impressed with her performance and think she deserves much greater credit than she seems to have gotten so far.

I'm not sure whether the real Holmes or Seyfried looks creepier on that stark white background with the fluorescent lights illuminating their eyes. They each look disturbing and uncanny in different ways - Holmes' eyes are totally dead and vacant like a doll's or a robot's while Seyfried's look like a cat's or a reptile's.

Amanda is too intense with her delivery. Elizabeth is actually less harsh. I think Amanda saw how intense Elizabeth's eyes and mouth were and couldn't break down the difference between that and Elizabeth's more controlled disposition.

Reminds me of how Ed Kemper was portrayed in Mindhunter. Based on available footage of him, the real life Ed Kemper seemed like a genuinely nice and ordinary guy. Kinda terrifying considering what he did. The actor who played him, although he did a phenomenal job, played a much creepier version. Something about his performance was just unsettling. This is just how it goes in dramatization of real events, as can also be seen in Amanda's portrayal of Holmes. Reality is heightened just a little.

Amanda is playing a normal human being, with unusual drive, who got in over her head. This is not who Holmes is. Homes is s psychopath. None of this raging tension and terror under the surface was ever there.

The show tried to make her appear more “unstable” and human whilst in reality she was ruthless, confident and intimidatingly psychopathic. I think it would be very hard to imitate her. As one would have to completely suppress all emotion and the try to emulate emotions in a logical and learned way.

I like how they changed "daddy" in the letter to just dad. A necessary change for today's audience lmao

I think Seyfried overdid it with her acting. Holmes looks so natural with her lies. Seyfried looks like she's shaky in a scheming way. Holmes was scheming, but you can take it a notch down with the "show don't tell" because everyone knows Holmes' story.

Amanda's eye makeup application isn't crappy enough, and I feel they should have done more with it to imitate Holmes's sanpaku.

Elizabeth Holmes has the some of the most chilling eyes I’ve ever seen

I think Amanda captured Elizabeth's true essence that Elizabeth was masking so well.

Amanda's portrayal is bone chilling. She added some of her own flair but the way she constantly nods when talking, the deeper voice, the intense stares, basically had to dehumanize herself. She did amazing in this series.

Amanda Seyfried deserves an Emmy for her portrayal of EH.

"Elizabeth Holmes’ is a story that could happen only in America...Others will judge the technical aspects of Theranos, but the social implications are vast." - Henry Kissinger writing about Elizabeth Holmes in Time Magazine's Top 100, 2015

Idk, I don't feel like Amanda nailed the spookiness in Elizabeth's eyes. But that's not to discredit her... I don't think anyone but a real psychopath can pull off those crazy eyes

Amanda really did an amazing job. She blew me away.

I feel like elizabeth smiles a lot more

To me, the most telling sign of her narcissism is the Charlie Rose clip. Watch as she ONLY smiles whenever making eye contact with him, and not when she is looking away while trying to think and articulate. It's as a tool, as though she is a salesperson and it certainly isn't a smile used genuinely but rather, to manipulate.

Elizabeth did a much better job of playing herself.

Amanda Seyfried nods and shakes her head too much. Holmes is very steady compared to Seyfried. My guess is that Seyfried might be doing this to make Holmes appear as though she is always searching for the answer. Seyfried hesitated way too long compared to Holmes when Holmes replied she didn't have very many secrets. When I look at Seyfried's performance she comes across unsure of what to say next. When I look at Holmes, she comes across as Dustin Hoffman Rain Man.

The reality is Holmes was clearly a psychopath and we could all see she was unhinged. No actor could deliver that without looking like a ‘ham’ but I think Seyfried is doing as good a job as any actor could because Holmes herself was acting the whole time.

A phenomenal performance. This series really had great casting!

I feel like Amanda is almost too pretty to portray Elizabeth. But, she got the voice and mannerisms down.

Great acting but somehow miscast I think. Amanda portrays Elizabeth with a sort of terror and tension boiling beneath the surface. It is nowhere evident in Elizabeth. She humanises her, a good thing usually for morally grey characters. I think Elizabeth hews more to the darker tones of grey than light.

Although Amanda's acting was great but she made her more of an awkward anxious person where the former is cold and emotionless person.

People were impressed that she was 19 when she started.... If I were applying for an Executive Administrative Assistant position somewhere, they would want someone seasoned, older, and with a lot of experience. She was 19. And a drop out. And she gets applauded.... The people that got screwed in this situation should have needed a few more credentials than what she brought, or didn't bring, to the table. They wouldn't have hired an unseasoned Executive Assistant, yet they invested all of this money into her untested theories.

I don't work in the medical field and the claims seemed fantastical at best. How everyone was just giving her millions of dollars just because is beyond me.

It's a very slight thing, but I feel like Amanda is doing a "deep female voice" and Elizabeth actually tried to sound masculine. It's almost like she was trying to imitate Zuckerberg or Jobs. Just that very flat.. "bad imitation of a dude" voice, the kind of thing girls do when they make fun of guys. I still think Amanda did a fantastic job though!

I like her performance. I don't want just a carbon copy of Holmes, I wanted to see a portrayal of her behavior plus having an insight what she's probably thinking in those moments. Amanda did that with the nods, long pauses and even her eyes.

Amanda is too pretty to play Elizabeth

All she had to do was keeping working on the tech and nothing else. She was trying to be famous. If she stayed in school and was honest, she would’ve been able to invent some kind of blood test technology that actually helped

Unfortunately, Amanda could not lower her voice an octave like Elizabeth could and did

It's literally in Elizabeth's eyes. They're uncomfortable to look at, because they're devoid of anything that makes us humans. Empathy, conscience.. I didn't even know that Holmes was diagnosed with Psychopathy and watching her eyes so wide and bright but completely lifeless and empty is fucking terrifying.

As a 26 year old entrepreneur, i was looking for inspiring business movies or series to watch. It is now 3 AM, i could not stop binging The Dropout series. I stumbled onto this without diving too deep in the trailers. During episode 1,2 and 3 i was rooting for Elizabeth because the entrepreneurial spirit it takes to overcome obstacles. About 4 episodes in i started hating this woman with every fiber in me. By the time she changed her voice to be more "deep" i was about to pull my hair out. Can you imagine the bone chilling shock i got at the end of episode 8 when they started listing the real-life case updates, it was literally just then that i realized this was a real life event. I am young and not from the US, so i never heard of Theranos or the real Elizabeth. This is insane on a level unimaginable. Elizabeth, you are a disgrace to all Women, Humanity and the entire Entrepreneur Society. The fact that even after all this, you can remain cool about your crimes proves you are a psychopathic monster with alien eyes, a demons hart and an insufferable pretentious voice. I hope justice prevails in honor of all lives lost, families ruined financially or in health. F YOU!

For a female Bill Gates/Steve Jobs she couldn’t recall over 600 things it couldn’t be more hilarious

nah, the actress didnt even come close the psychopath this woman was...

I think Amanda Seyfried did an incredible acting job on this series

Interesting how she’s owning up to how Theranos was never about the people and helping others but it was about HER. The vehicle used was Theranos but she her intentions weren’t about about “people not having to say bye too soon” all of that was performative.

Seyfriend’s voice wasn’t low enough! 😂😂

Elizabeth would dream to look like Amanda

Both are amazing actresses !

Usually @2:30 some eyelight makes the eyes lively as opposed to dull and dead. Here, however, it accentuates the crazy.

I loved The Dropout. I thought Amanda Seyfried did an excellent job, but that’s just my opinion. Feel free to disagree.

amanda's performance is amazing!

I need this video, but with the original first and then the reenactment

Just seeing the way Elizabeth's eyes changed from the Forbes cover to the interviews you can just see the lies in them.

Ok Hulu, we see you! Brilliant job at recreating Elizabeth Holmes by an outstanding performance by Amanda Seyfried! 🎉

Is it bad I feel like they should have entertained digitally lowering her voice post-change? It's totally possible to do without taking away the rawness of Amanda's portrayal.

Amanda replaced Kate McKinnon after Kate dropped out last minute, and I keep thinking about how Kate would have mastered the role. Amanda is a good actress but she does not have the look and can't master the voice. Kate's facial features are more similar to Elizabeth's and she has a naturally low voice

Elizabeth Holmes reminds me of a person in 1900 demonstrating a machine that can play chess, only with a real human being inside. Today, good chess computers are as small as a pocket calculator. In 2060, Holmes' idea will be a reality.

Her fake voice was her most distinguishing and yet the movie character completely missed it.

Amanda Seyfried was a perfect cast for the role, she nailed it.

2:30 she has the most creepiest eyes oh my god the fact that shes staring into the cameras soul does not make it any better

2:26 well that's horrifying! Good to know what my next sleep paralysis demon will be though

I didn't like her portrayal of E.H. Amanda is a great actress, don't get me wrong. But I agree with others that she was playing a psychopath instead of a person appearing to be a "genius". I'm interested to see the story thru a different actress. And again, *MUCH LOVE* for Amanda. I've adored her since Mean Girls. But I don't personally like her portrayal here 😕

Bruh the eyes….They’re staring at my soul 💀💀💀

I feel like elizabeth has the same lizard eyes as mark zuckerberg?

Lizzy- my dad was in charge of the ENRON FRAUD. He taught me to rip-off every cent I could get my lying hands on. THANKS DADDY!

God the performance is incredible

Amanda did a great job with lowering her voice all the way to the underbite, very impressive acting

amanda did an outstanding impression. I hope in her next film she plays someone likable.

Amanda nailed Elizabeth's voice perfectly.

Ones rounder the others

Amanda is too cute for this role.....................

seyfried did a great job

Still the real EH is painful and embarrassing to watch.

The real Elizabeth didn't constantly nod her head while talking the way Amanda does in her portrayal. It was distracting at times though a great performance.

Comforting to see a psychopath being apprehended. It happens less than people may realise.

I think KZfaq is reading my mind cuz I was thinking that if Elizabeth's story has a movie. And there it is-

Amanda Seyfried did an unbelievable job as Holmes. Lots of props!

I read most of Carreyrou's book and watched The Dropout and think that both Elizabeth and Sunni were painted in a far kinder light in The Dropout than either of them were worthy of. I believe I had a narrow escape with Theranos - back in 2012 I was working for a company that was going to be contracted for a British subsidiary of Walgreens who were opening diagnostics sections in their stores, I had to sign an NDA but never discovered the company I was going to be working for. I believe it was Theranos and the contract never came to fruition.

Why didn't they instruct Amanda to lower her voice? That is the most distinct quality of EH.

Honestly this Elizabeth person looks like someone with zero credibility. I mean it's literally there on her face, in her mannerisms. Right there. So when someone says that they don't like a particular person because of how they look and talk, it doesn't always mean that they are being judgemental or mean. It sometimes means that they can just see through the garb.

Holmes doesn't move her body much while she talks, while Seyfried does that ALL the time. She's speaking through her every muscle. I think Holmes' behaviour seemed more controlled, while Seyfried's actually seems like a crazy person trying to hide something.

Love it Ryan!!

It's obvious that this was the direction if the film to try and make this psychopath seem somehow more forgivable for all the harm she caused.

I read the book bad blood. She’s so much sicker than you think.

She wishes she was as good looking as Amanda

"Do or do not, there is no try!" .... no....wait .... "Fake it till you make it." or get caught.

I'm only able to base my opinion on the small amount of comparison shown, however, it appears that neither a body language expert nor a linguist were on set. Elizabeth used a very exaggerated and poorly executed deep voice when she spoke as well as unnatural, fabricated facial expressions. Such as extended durations without blinking and limited facial movement. These were all a part of her manipulation and attempt to control her environment. Although these idiosyncrasies often naturally occur in people with antisocial personality disorders, like her idol Steve Jobs, hers were rehearsed. I wish Amanda would have done a better job of focusing on these mannerisms. It would have made her portrayal much more believable. * Sorry for the novel I wrote and thank you to those who read it in its entirety. I spared you the analysis of her body language, in part because I couldn't get enough detail from the short amount of video shown.

If it’s even possible, Amanda’s eyes are scarier 😬

I must be the only person who doesn't think Amanda portrays her accurately

Well, at least she achieved her childhood dream for a period of time. Maybe she should've fleshed out the specifics a bit more in her earlier years...

If Holmes could lie her way to billionaire, you can lie about that college degree.

I love that the interviewer in the second clip is the same as the original! Such a wholesome detail

I thought the Drop out was an excellent 8 episode drama,the acting was fantastic and Amanda did an amazing portrayal of Elizabeth.

Amanda Seyfried is just too beautiful even while portraying Elizabeth Holmes' wide eyes, dry hair and that creepy voice.