Jennifer Lawrence Drops Out of Adam McKay's Elizabeth Holmes Film BAD BLOOD Because Amanda Seyfried Already Did it
Jennifer Lawrence was set to play Elizabeth Holmes in director Adam McKay’s upcoming film Bad Blood. But, the actress ended up dropping out of the project after watching Amanda Seyfried play Holmes in the Hulu series The Dropout.
Seyfried was great in the role and because of that, Lawrence didn’t feel the need to play the character. The actress said: “I thought she was terrific. I was like, ‘Yeah, we don’t need to redo that.’ She did it.” Seyfried did win a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for the role in 2022.
This is a bit of a surprise because actors don’t tend to drop out of roles because other actors played the same character. But, Lawrence obviously wasn’t feeling it and thought it would be best for her to not do it.
Bad Blood is based on the nonfiction book by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter John Carreyrou, titled Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Start Up. The movie will tell the story of the rise and downfall of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.
Holmes is a Stanford dropout who founded medical testing start-up Theranos. She was attempting to develop a new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing and in the process, she became the world's youngest self-made billionaire, and she was heralded as the next Steve Jobs.
Two years later, her multibillion-dollar company was dissolved when it was revealed that none of the tech actually worked, putting thousands of people’s health in grave danger. Holmes is currently facing a dozen felony fraud charges.
McKay is writing and directing the film for Apple Studios and Legendary Pictures. Lawrence is still a producer on the project. It will be interesting to see who they will cast to replace her.