Oscar-winning heavyweights Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway star in a new mini-series about Adam Neumann, the founder of WeWork, and his wife Rebekah. Leto and Hathaway are also listed as executive producers of WeCrashed, which is based on a podcast of the same name.
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The show, produced by Apple TV+, will see Leto sport an Israeli accent to take on the role of the charismatic, risk-taking entrepreneur, alongside Hathaway as his wife.
An official trailer released last week offered a glimpse into Leto's interpretation of the native Hebrew speaker, as well as Neumann's missteps in trying to guide the shared workspace company to going public.
The first three episodes will be available on Apple TV+ starting on March 18, with the additional five episodes airing weekly on Fridays through April 22
"It's got all the characters you want to see in the best arc," i24NEWS cultural contributor Carmit Levite said. "It's almost Macbethian with the rise and fall of… a very interesting human being."
Founded in 2010, WeWork was once one of the United States' hottest startups, valued at nearly $50 billion.
But after initially filing to go public in 2019, the company became "besieged with criticism over its governance, business model, and ability to turn a profit," as described in a Wall Street Journal article.
"The business perspective is unbelievable. At the head of this incredible initiative is Adam Neumann, this meat-banning, weed-smoking… person who has this crazy idea of living forever," said Levite.
The trailer comes a week after controversy sparked over Helen Mirren's role as former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in an upcoming biopic about the leader.
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Some members of the Jewish community voiced their disapproval of a non-Jew playing a Jewish figure, amid a cultural revolution in the fair representation of minorities in Hollywood.
"We are known as the Startup Nation. This is an Israeli-born person who made it to Silicon Valley," Levite told i24NEWS. "It's really connected to what Israel is made of."
i24NEWS contributed to this report.
