Amanda Seyfried talks popsicles and porn on ‘Conan’

On Monday night, Amanda Seyfried provided Conan O’Brien with a very important lesson: what makes an adult film different from a normal movie.

The actress, who was there to promote the new musical “Les Miserables,� nevertheless had to field questions about the upcoming biopic “Lovelace,� in which she plays “Deep Throat� star Linda Lovelace.

“I’m just curious, how do you portray a porn star without the film being incredibly explicit?� O’Brien asked.

With a gentle note of sarcasm in her voice, Seyfried replied, “Well, you don’t actually have sex on film.�

“This is not the way I could have gone, but I’m not directing,� O’Brien quipped.

Seyfried helpfully explained how popsicles were a big help while filming because they made her lips “wet and inflamed.� Perhaps sensing she’d taken things a little too far, she added, “I can’t believe I went that far just now.�

The popsicle revelation prompted O’Brien to do his trademark nervous-around-a-beautiful-woman shtick. “My soul just left my body,� he joked.

But she went even further still, telling O’Brien that all the additional dialogue she recorded for the film was “uh, slurping noises.�

Then Seyfried abruptly changed the subject: “Seriously. I’m promoting ‘Les Mis’ right now!�

“Yes, a film for the whole family,� O’Brien said, sounding disappointed.

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