Amanda Seyfried said nude scenes in Lovelace could ruin career Actress Amanda Seyfried has been cast to play porn star Linda Lovelace in Lovelace. The much-anticipated film also stars Peter Sarsgaard, Chloe Sevigny, and Sharon Stone ACTRESS Amanda Seyfried has declared that she was hesitant to play porn star Linda Lovelace in Lovelace because it could have hurt her career. In the interview, Seyfried, who rose to fame in lighter Hollywood fare such as Mean Girls and Mamma Mia!, also talked about being shot naked for the part. Getting into character: Amanda Seyfried swaps blonde locks for a brunette bouffant. Picture: Supplied / Animus Films PICTURES: Amanda Seyfried "I think what's most difficult about it is the intimacy that sex and violence requires with your other actors and I can't say enough good things about Amanda Seyfried, " co-star Peter Sarsgaard said at the film's London premiere, Mail Online reported. Amanda Seyfried wears an embellished bronze Gucci mini dress at a special screening of Lovelace in London, England. Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images Seyfried, 27, donned an embellished bronze Gucci mini dress and a pair of black strappy heels at the film's London premiere. She had smoky black eye and nude lips, while letting her fantastic dress do the talking, entertainmentwise reported. Lovelace is based on the life of Linda Lovelace, a porn star, famed for her appearance in Deep Throat, a porn film which gained unprecedented popularity among mainstream audiences, even receiving a review in The New York Times. Lovelace also featured in men's magazines including Playboy, Bachelor and Esquire during the 1970s before becoming an activist for women's rights and a born-again Christian The much-anticipated film also stars Sarsgaard, Chloe Sevigny, and Sharon Stone. Adam Brody as Deep Throat star Harry Reems with Seyfried as Linda Lovelace. Revealing: The 27-year-old actress strips down to a berry coloured cutaway monokini. Picture: Supplied / Animus Films Source: Supplied Lovelace is an "ordeal for the audience," Peter Travers wrote in Rolling Stone. Aurora Snow, a former porn actress, writes in The Daily Beast, that Lovelace reveals some hard truths behind the adult-film industry but provides "a shallow look at Linda Lovelace the woman."