After months of almost completely immersed in the facts and nuances of Theranos Corporation Elizabeth Holmes’ story of defrauding a big tech startup to make Hulu’s popular mini-series “The Dropout,” the ongoing real-life story of two convicted executives — facing sentencing in September — still looms large. heavily in his creative team’s headspace.
“There was really a point where I washed my hands of it. I had a moment after we finished filming where I was like ‘Okay, OK, that was good — I’m done,’” star Amanda Tell diverse At the FYC Show at Paramount Studios on Monday. “And then I crept up again when we started pressing the show, and then my interest again got piqued after New Year’s Eve was condemned, of course, because Rebecca [Jarvis, journalist, executive producer and host of “The Dropout” podcast}) and Taylor [Dunn, the podcast’s co-writer and producer] They were texting me while the news came in, and then it was kind of a re-emergence of interest.
“I think that’s just because it was intense for me,” Seyfried explained. “It’s never going to be as intense as it was for her…but for our purposes of our story, she gave everything I had and had a great time doing it and needed a break. I think about it a lot, like ‘What do you know?'” What are you inventing now? what are you thinking about?'”
Elizabeth Meriwether, Amanda Seyfried, Naveen Andrews, Rebecca Jarvis, Katherine Pope and Michael Showalter at Hulu’s The Dropout Show, FYC at Paramount Theatre.
Michael Buckner for variety
Seyfried participated in the casting Naveen Andrews – who plays Holmes’ longtime lover and accused conspirator Sunny Balwani, who is currently on trial – admitted he, too, couldn’t change the story. “I can’t deny that after you inhabited these people as characters, you are now emotionally involved. I feel emotionally involved,” he said. I can’t help it. Of course, this would never have happened if I were just a regular member of the audience who hears about it in the media.”
But the creator of the series Elizabeth Meriwether She says she was able to stop her previously obsessive interest. “I’m done with the story!” she insisted. “Obviously I’d be interested to see what happens and I’m sure everyone in my life would text me with every new development, which is what’s happening now. But I’ve spent three years on this, and I really feel like it.” [moving on]. “
“Now I’m getting my Ph.D. in Chemistry,” she joked.
Meriwether, known for creating the sitcom “New Girl,” said she’s glad she’s entered a new comfort zone for the project, despite some trepidation. “There were definitely moments when I was terrified that the show itself would become [my version of Holmes’] box-that-couldn’t-work, and it broke down a few times, and it was so easy in my mind to understand “I hope this series doesn’t become art imitating life”…I hope I can kind of try to find great characters, rather than stick to a genre or else “.
Seyfried says she’s confident she’s also found her creative path forward after her completely transformative performance. “Oh, I guess I’m a character actress, judging by how much fun I had in this,” she said excitedly. “Oh, my God, I just want to stray a little!”
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