Filming at Hancock Shaker Village for The Testament of Ann Lee.( Carrie Holland) with optimism. I understood technically that it was going to be a lot of work, but spiritually it was going to be incredibly fulfilling. Emotionally, it was going to be incredibly challenging, possibly harder than most things that I ' ve had to do before. I also trusted that there was something we could create together, because Mona is very mothering and maternal. She leads with a very gentle hand. It felt like a one-of-a-kind experience as an artist and as friend of hers. I wanted to help bring this to life.”
Although it was easy for Seyfried to fall in love with Mother Ann, she had to learn so much to become her. And a lot of this musical movie was technical. They started working with dialect designer Tanera Marshall, building and creating their interpretation of how they sounded at the time period. Seyfried had to become familiar with the cadence, the rhythm, and the thought around the language. She worked on her accent for six grueling months, re-contextualizing
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