AdvertisementAmy Adams: A Steely Wife Stands Behind 'The Master'September 15, 2012NPR StafffacebookEmailIn Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, Amy Adams plays Peggy Dodd, the spouse of a charismatic spiritual leader, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Adams says her character is smart and educated but feels "more powerful behind a man than in front of a man." (The Weinstein Co.)