Amanda Seyfried has done wonderful work, she didn't just come out of nowhere. I think my favorite performance of hers was as Lily Kane in VERONICA MARS, she was sexy, eerie, funny, charming, and sad all at the same time. I also really enjoy her in the few episodes I've seen of BIG LOVE, not sure if she's still with the show though.
I'm sure she'll be great in this movie, so far judging from the previews, I'm really liking her.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"