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Was Anything About Elizabeth Holmes Real What About Her Voice By Jennifer TisdaleMar. 2 2022, Published 1:52 a.m. ET
Amanda Seyfried is stepping into the turtleneck of disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu's The Dropout.
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Apart from peddling a dangerous lie to the masses, Holmes is known for her oddly deep voice. In the series' trailer, we witness Seyfried intentionally lowering her voice. In the real world, opinions about Elizabeth's actual voice vary.
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Is Elizabeth Holmes' s deep voice real
If there's one thing we can all agree on, it's the fact that tearing down women is practically a national pastime for the United States. And while we're not suggesting that's what's happening to Elizabeth Holmes (she did a lot of very bad things), we can see how she might reach a point where she felt like having a deeper voice would be beneficial.Source: Getty ImagesArticle continues below advertisement
Remember when the word "shrill" was used as an insult by Donald Trump in reference to Hillary Clinton during the 2016 Presidential campaign?
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The world went through this strange period where the recycled reason to discredit women was merely the register of their voices. This all stems from something having to do with how a voice with a higher register didn't translate well via radio in the good ol' days, but that has nothing to do with Elizabeth Holmes.
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Rebecca Jarvis, host of the ABC News podcast The Dropout, spoke with Phyllis Gardner, a professor at Stanford, where Elizabeth attended for two years before dropping out. Phyllis, who taught at the medical school, was not in favor of one of her earlier ideas but recalled that Elizabeth's voice sounded different then.
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"When she came to me, she didn't have a low voice," Phyllis said. "It was just like a typical undergrad student.
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When I next saw her again, she's in this low voice, and I'm like, 'Oh my god.' It was quite awkward."Article continues below advertisement
Several years later, when Theranos was in its beginning stages, Elizabeth would hire former Apple product designer Ana Arriola. Ana described Holmes as passionate, energetic, and "expressive with her hands." Ana also pointed out Elizabeth's "distinct voice," claiming she used it to draw people into "what it is she's conveying, and her conviction and her belief really shines through."Source: Instagram / @arriolakanada
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Ana added that it wasn't until later that she found out that Elizabeth's low voice was allegedly not real.
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"In all of my interactions with her, she never fell out of character. That was her voice.
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But other people I worked with actually caught her fall out of voice," she explained. "Maybe she needed it to be more convincing to project a persona within a room amongst male VCs," she continued. According to TMZ, who spoke with members of Elizabeth's family in March 2019, her voice is not fake.
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Evidently most people in their family have low voices, especially her grandmother. However, in an August 2021 episode of the WNYC Studios podcast On the Media, host Brooke Gladstone and University of Florida professor Tina Tallon listen to a 2005 interview Elizabeth did with NPR where her voice noticeably changes.
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Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes in 'The Dropout'
What did Amanda Seyfried do to nail Elizabeth Holmes' s voice
Amanda Seyfried admitted that she doesn't think she quite got the hang of Elizabeth's voice (though we have to disagree). Variety reported that during a virtual panel at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour, Amanda stated, "The shape of my mouth isn’t the same as hers, but I can make sounds somewhat or pretty close to what she did."
In order to get as close as possible to Elizabeth's baritone voice, Amanda tried "different breathing and tricks," but still struggled.
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However, she assured everyone that the work she put into The Dropout was her absolute best. "I had to work really hard to get there because I speak at such a higher level than she does naturally," Amanda said.
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"So even though [Elizabeth] was deepening her voice more and more to what we all understand is for power’s sake, to make an impact, I still couldn’t get all the way there.”
Working hard to live a lie is what The Dropout is all about, and we can't wait to see Amanda's turn as Elizabeth Holmes. The first three episodes of The Dropout premieres on Thursday, March 3 on Hulu.AdvertisementMore from Distractify
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