Friday’s premiere of, ET has an exclusive sneak peek of Jared Leto as eccentric WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann, who is at the center of the Apple TV+ limited series chronicling the rise and fall of the real estate tech startup once valued at $47 billion.
In the clip, Neumann is seen turning up the charm as he tries to make an early customer see the potential of what WeWork can be -- way before what it became during the height of his leadership at the company. “I want you to live your dreams and find yourself,” he says as his co-founder, Miguel McKelvey (Kyle Marvin), watches in the background.
While the scene is brief, it shows a glimpse of what Neumann was capable of: getting people to think big. And with every pitch and every sale, he was able to increase the ambition and scope of WeWork.
That is, until it reached a breaking point when it was in the process of going from a private startup to a publicly traded company. “He was a very compelling, charming person.
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