Amanda Seyfried Transforms Into Elizabeth Holmes in The Dropout Trailer

Ever since Hulu introduced it was turning Elizabeth Holmes’s story right into a collection again in 2019, we have been anxiously awaiting new developments. Properly, on Dec. 15, we lastly received a primary have a look at Amanda Seyfried because the one and solely Theranos founder — black turtleneck and all. Kate McKinnon was initially set to play Holmes, however she later dropped out of the challenge, with Seyfried changing her in 2021. The present may even star Naveen Andrews as Holmes’s enterprise accomplice and ex-boyfriend Sunny Balwani.

For these unfamiliar with the story, Holmes was on observe to change into the youngest self-made girl billionaire after she launched revolutionary expertise that would change conventional blood exams. Nevertheless, the entire thing turned out to be nothing however a lie. The trailer, which dropped on Feb. 7, exhibits the nice lengths Holmes went to to deceive individuals and the way Balwani, together with a number of others, performed an element within the rip-off. Holmes was just lately discovered responsible on 4 out of 11 federal prices of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and 9 counts of wire fraud. She presently faces as much as 20 years in jail, along with a advantageous of $250,000 plus restitution for every rely.

Based mostly on ABC’s podcast of the identical identify, “The Dropout” is about to premiere on March 3, 2022.