During a recent appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Oscar nominee, Amanda Seyfried, admitted that she was up for the part of Gamora — even receiving an offer. But, after thinking about it “for a couple days,

Mean Girls and Mamma Mia! star Amanda Seyfried has revealed that she was offered the role of Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy, but turned it down for a few reasons – including because she didn't think the movie would be a success.

The actress recently opened up about turning down the part of Gamora in the original “Guardians of the Galaxy,” a role that later went to Oscar winner Zoé Saldaña. Seyfried admitted that she viewed the movie as a risk to her career at the time — but she was wrong.

The film starred Seyfried as Needy, a nerdy character whose best friend is Megan Fox ‘s Jennifer, who becomes possessed by a demon and eats boys at their high school. It was directed by Karyn Kusama and written by Diablo Cody ( Juno, Lisa Frankenstein. )

W hile on Josh Horowitz's Happy Sad Confused podcast, the host asked Amanda Seyfried how much of the love she has for Mean Girls is tied to the experience of making it versus how