‘WeCrashed’ Star Jared Leto Talks Secret Meeting With Former WeWork CEO, Crafting Accent For Apple TV+ Series – Contenders TV
deadline.comJared Leto, who stars in WeCrashed, said he knew he would regret not meeting with Adam Neumann before embodying the former WeWork CEO for the Apple TV+ series.“I didn’t want to play a villain, especially villainize someone who’s still alive,” the Morbius star said during a panel for the show at Deadline’s Contenders Television event.As part of his research, Leto said he secretly met with Neumann to inform his portrayal.
The actor said he felt an “obligation” to represent the businessman with dignity and grace despite the co-working space’s major downfall.
The meeting, however, remained a secret to series showrunners and creators Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, who said they didn’t learn of the private conversation until Neumann later admitted that Leto reached out.WeCrashed follows the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible.
WeWork grew from a single co-working space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its value plummeted.
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