Oscar-winning American actress Jennifer Lawrence will no longer star in Adam McKay’s "Bad Blood", a take on Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ fraud controversy.
The New York Times‘ Kyle Buchanan disclosed Wednesday the news on Twitter and added that the decision followed Lawrence seeing Amanda Seyfried play Holmes in the Hulu limited series "The Dropout".
“I thought she was terrific. I was like, ‘Yeah, we don’t need to redo that.’ She did it.” Lawrence, who was also a producer on the movie, told Buchanan.
Picked up by Apple in December 2021, "Bad Blood" had Lawrence attached as lead actress and producer with McKay writing and directing.
It was a reteaming for the pair following their collaboration on the Oscar-nominated "Don’t Look Up".
McKay was also slated to produce alongside Kevin Messick, Justine Polsky, and Will Ferrell, with Apple Studios producing in association with Legendary Pictures, who won rights to the movie in 2016 following a bidding war.
The movie, which was to chart how Holmes built Theranos before her billion-dollar success unraveled, is based on Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist John Carreyrou’s 2018 book "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup".
The book explores Holmes’ rise and fall as well as the greed within and the perils of Silicon Valley’s hustle and hype culture.
Seyfried went on to win the Emmy for best actress in a limited or anthology series or movie for her portrayal of Holmes, the Stanford dropout and founder of blood-testing startup Theranos.
In July, Holmes was found guilty of federal fraud charges for lying to the startup’s investors.
Lawrence will be seen next in the movie "Causeway", which debuts on Apple on November 4.
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