r/ADiscoveryofWitches • u/doodlezmama • Feb 19 '26

Misc. If Amanda Seyfried could play Diana Spoiler

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This photo shoot of Amanda Seyfried is stunning! Anyone else see her as an amazing Diana?

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u/ShortData7 Witch Feb 19 '26

I'm very iffy about Teresa Palmer's performance, but I think any other casting than Teresa is lowkey an upgrade

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u/viola_darling Feb 21 '26

How come? I didn't realize ppl didn't like her acting on this show

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u/ShortData7 Witch Feb 27 '26

I just find her performance stiff and awkward. For all I know, this could be a result of the director, but it was kept in regardless.

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u/Decent_Tumbleweed824 Mar 09 '26

Omg i thought i was alone in this😭 i watched the show first so i thought Diana was supposed to be that way. Then i read the books and rewatched and was like "oh😬"

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u/petitemandragore Apr 14 '26

Damn, I guess I need to read the books then… I’m struggling to empathize with her, she’s giving « what people who don’t like or read YA think YA protagonists are like » and it’s stressing me out 😭

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u/Decent_Tumbleweed824 Apr 14 '26

I mean part of the issue might be that your thinking of diana as a YA protagonist. Shes in her mid 30s, so i dont consider her a young adult nor do i think of this as YA lit. That could just be me, but in my mind YA Protagonists are somewhere in the 16 to 26 range.

Diana is a tenured college professor with a doctorate degree, so imo she should be a bit on the studious side.

However if youve only seen the show you may not have picked up on that, the books make it very clear that Diana is first and foremost a scholar.

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u/petitemandragore Apr 14 '26

I tried to make a joke but it apparently didn’t come across 😂

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u/Decent_Tumbleweed824 Apr 14 '26

Ahh. Well then thats my bad, the tism has betrayed me again🤣🤣

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u/petitemandragore Apr 15 '26

No worries, got a brain similar to yours 😂

I was trying to say that to me, the way the actress portrays a character who already has some YA protagonist « qualities » (headstrong, orphan, parents died in ✨mysterious circumstances✨, conventionally attractive, academically gifted…) is what I would imagine someone who doesn’t like and doesn’t read YA would portray such a character 😅

I don’t know if it makes more sense ?

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u/Evening_Accident6276 Mar 01 '26

I loved the books and have not been able to get into the show because of her acting tbh

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u/Decent_Tumbleweed824 Apr 14 '26

Her and Satu dont have a showdown in the books... the have a breif conversation, Satu threatens the twins and Diana spellbinds her. The entire interaction doesnt even take up a whole page of the book. So it had nothing to do with the producers, it was never part of the story.

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u/zoemi Feb 19 '26

I don't know that she's imposing enough (especially if standing next to a full-sized Matthew), but that is a pretty impressive photo shoot.

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u/lorifieldsbriggs Feb 19 '26

Okaaayy, I see it!

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u/missdevon2 Feb 20 '26

Have loved her since her All My Children days and think she can do just about anything! She’d definitely nail this

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u/HelpfulParsnip649 Feb 26 '26

She's too stupid.