Amanda Seyfried fully supports fans who suggest Sabrina Carpenter play her onscreen daughter in Mamma Mia 3.
The Emmy-winning actress spoke with ABC News’ Will Ganss, during which he asked her about a possible third film in the franchise. While she noted that “everybody says it’s gonna happen,” she hasn’t seen a script yet.
The reporter then brought up that Carpenter has been singing “Mamma Mia” at some of the stops on her Short ‘N Sweet tour, including at Madison Square Garden over the weekend, during the surprise cover part of her setlist.
“Because we know age is sort of a forgettable construct in the MMCU, the Mamma Mia Cinematic Universe. So people are saying, could Sabrina play Sophie’s daughter?” Ganss told Seyfriend, to which she replied seemingly uncertainly, “It’s… Eh… It’s… Technically she could.”
When he pointed out that Cher’s character and Meryl Streep’s played mother-daughter in Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, despite only being three years apart, Seyfried was convinced.
“You’re right, actually, [it] doesn’t matter,” The Dropout star said. “You know what? Old age makeup for me. That’s what it will be. … I’m an actor. I’ll do it. If Sabrina Carpenter wants to play my daughter, I’ll make it happen. It’s fine. She’s… I’m a big fan.”
While Seyfried hasn’t seen the script, Christine Baranski, for her part, at least has an idea for what it will be about.
“I was in London with [producer] Judy Craymer at our favorite watering hole, she is planning Mamma Mia 3. She gave me the narrative plotline of how it’s going to happen,” The Gilded Age star previously told The Hollywood Reporter. “That’s all I can say! But, it’s not like, ‘Oh, I wish it could happen!’ Judy Craymer makes things happen. She made number two happen, and it was a phenomenal hit. I wouldn’t put it past Judy Craymer to get everybody back together.”
In Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again — spoiler alert! — it was revealed that Streep’s Donna had died, but that doesn’t mean the Oscar-winning legend wouldn’t return to Greece or Croatia or wherever the possible third installment is set. The Only Murders in the Building actress told Vogue she would “totally” return as a reincarnated Donna.
For her part, Carpenter just launched her Short ‘N Sweet tour in support of her second album of the same name and was just named to Time 100 Next’s list for 2024.
In her Time cover story tied to the list, the “Taste” singer opened up about waiting her whole life to achieve the level of fame she’s gotten to this year with her not one but two songs of the summer — “Espresso” and “Please Please Please.”
She also got candid about how incorporating her sexuality into her work has led to her receiving some of the vilification that Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera faced at the height of their fame, despite how they, Rihanna and Madonna have all helped make progress in that respect. However, it has only gone so far.
“You’ll still get the occasional mother that has a strong opinion on how you should be dressing,” Carpenter told Time. “And to that I just say, don’t come to the show, and that’s OK.”
She continued, “It’s unfortunate that it’s ever been something to criticize, because truthfully, the scariest thing in the world is getting up on a stage in front of that many people and having to perform as if it’s nothing. If the one thing that helps you do that is the way you feel comfortable dressing, then that’s what you’ve got to do.”
