Amanda Seyfried says there were two major reasons why she wanted to star in Peacock's adaptation of Liz Moore's best-selling novel "Long Bright River" -- the location and the fact it cast her against type.

Since bursting onto the scene more than two decades ago in Mean Girls, Seyfried has become one of Hollywood’s most reliable supporting actors. But with her Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning portrayal of disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in The Dropout and now an outstanding turn as a hardened cop in Long Bright River,