{"id":407566,"date":"2022-02-18T16:16:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T13:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-true-story-behind-the-dropout\/"},"modified":"2022-02-18T16:16:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T13:16:16","slug":"the-true-story-behind-the-dropout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-true-story-behind-the-dropout\/","title":{"rendered":"#The True Story Behind The Dropout"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2c2a0758299\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2c2a0758299\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-true-story-behind-the-dropout\/#Who_is_Elizabeth_Holmes\" >Who is Elizabeth Holmes?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-true-story-behind-the-dropout\/#%E2%80%9CThe_New_Steve_Jobs%E2%80%9D\" >\u201cThe New Steve Jobs\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-true-story-behind-the-dropout\/#Partnering_with_Walgreens\" >Partnering with Walgreens<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-true-story-behind-the-dropout\/#The_Top_Scientist_Takes_His_Own_Life\" >The Top Scientist Takes His Own Life<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-true-story-behind-the-dropout\/#The_Downfall_of_Theranos_Begins\" >The Downfall of Theranos Begins<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-true-story-behind-the-dropout\/#The_FDA_and_The_Journal\" >The FDA and The Journal<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-true-story-behind-the-dropout\/#The_Aftermath\" >The Aftermath<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-true-story-behind-the-dropout\/#The_Trial_of_Elizabeth_Holmes\" >The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#The True Story Behind The Dropout<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;Amanda Seyfried plays Elizabeth Holmes, who defrauded investors with her now-infamous company Theranos.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-Dropout-Amanda-Seyfried.jpeg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Dropout\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-Dropout-Amanda-Seyfried.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-Dropout-Amanda-Seyfried-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Hulu&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Will DiGravio\u00a0\u00b7 Published on February 18th, 2022 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;em&gt;Real Stories is an ongoing column about the true stories behind <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> and TV shows. It\u2019s that simple. This installment focuses on the true story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, the subjects of the Hulu series The Dropout.&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>The Dropout<\/strong><\/em>, a limited series from Hulu starring <strong>Amanda Seyfried<\/strong>, depicts the wild rise and fall of former Silicon Valley executive <strong>Elizabeth Holme<\/strong>s. In the early 2000s, Holmes founded Theranos, a biotech company. She quickly became a billionaire and tech star. Then, in 2016, allegations of fraud began to surface. Holmes\u2019 net worth was wiped out. Last month, a grand jury found her guilty of a number of felonies.<\/p>\n<p>The series takes its inspiration from the 2019 long-form podcast of the same name by Rebecca Jarvis. Here is a look at the true story behind <em>The Dropout<\/em>, which centers around one thing: blood.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_Elizabeth_Holmes\"><\/span>Who is Elizabeth Holmes?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Elizabeth Holmes was born in 1984 to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2014\/12\/15\/blood-simpler\">privileged family<\/a> in Washington DC. Her father worked as an executive at Enron and her mother as a policy advisor and staffer in the federal government. While in high school, Holmes developed an interest in computer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> and eventually made her way to Stanford. There, she studied chemical engineering, developed her first patent, and began to lay the groundwork for her business before eventually dropping out.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving Stanford, Holmes founded a company called Real-Time Cures, later renamed Theranos, with her tuition money. The company\u2019s genesis: Holmes\u2019 fear of needles. Theranos\u2019 chief goal was to run blood tests with only a few drops of blood. With the information taken from blood tests, patients could be diagnosed quickly, at home, and for a fraction of the cost. As Holmes <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/02\/elizabeth-holmes-theranos\/?cid=18964974\">told\u00a0<em>Wired\u00a0<\/em>in 2014<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cWe wanted to make actionable health information accessible to people everywhere at the time it matters most. That means two things: being able to detect conditions in time to do something about them and providing access to information that can empower people to improve their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ConsumerMarketingUnitThemedWrapper-kkMeXf hBFNZw consumer-marketing-unit consumer-marketing-unit--article-mid-content\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"consumer-marketing-unit__slot consumer-marketing-unit__slot--article-mid-content consumer-marketing-unit__slot--in-content\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_New_Steve_Jobs%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>\u201cThe New Steve Jobs\u201d<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While developing Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes kept the company\u2019s work close to the vest. According to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2016\/09\/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-exclusive\">a <em>Vanity Fair<\/em> article by Nick Bilton<\/a>, she quickly raised $6 million dollars for the startup. In the years that followed, she would raise nearly $700 million. But the money came with an odd catch: not only did Holmes have complete control over the company, she also didn\u2019t need to share with investors any information about how the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> worked.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The air of secrecy, however, did not stop Holmes from developing her personal brand. Some in Silicon Valley began to liken Holmes to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le founder Steve Jobs \u2014 a personal hero of hers \u2014 and she quickly bought outfits to fit the comparison. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/movies-tv\/a26946867\/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-black-turtleneck-ana-arriola\/\">According to\u00a0<\/a><em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/movies-tv\/a26946867\/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-black-turtleneck-ana-arriola\/\">Elle<\/a><\/em>, Ana Arriola, the company\u2019s chief design architect, helped Holmes purchase black turtle necks from the same designer that made Jobs\u2019. They quickly became her signature look. According to <em>Vanity Fair<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c[Holmes] designed her Theranos office with Le Corbusier black leather chairs, a Jobs favorite. She also adhered to a strange diet of only green juices (cucumber, parsley, kale, spinach, romaine lettuce, and celery), to be drunk only at specific times of the day. Like Jobs, too, her company was her life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the company continued its work, Holmes began building a list of high-profile board members and investors, including two former US Secretaries of State, two ex-Secretaries of Defense, a former CEO of Wells Fargo, the media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and Walgreens.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Partnering_with_Walgreens\"><\/span>Partnering with Walgreens<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In 2013, the\u00a0<em>San Francisco\u00a0<\/em><em>Business Times<\/em> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/sanfrancisco\/blog\/biotech\/2013\/09\/theranos-elizabeth-holmes-walgreens.html\">ran an article headlined<\/a> \u201cSecretive Theranos emerging (partly) from shadows.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> was big. After years of work, the company announced a partnership with Walgreens to roll out their blood testing services, beginning with a location in Palo Alto. The promise? Hundreds of diseases could be detected with just a bit of blood. Some speculated that this would change the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> for patients, doctors, and the medical community itself.<\/p>\n<p>With the rollout, Elizabeth Holmes\u2019 profile and net worth continued to rise. The media loved to profile her. She partnered with clinics that agreed to use the technology. Everything seemed to be going great.<\/p>\n<p>But as the product slowly began to enter the world, some took notice of its imperfections. According to\u00a0<em>Vanity Fair,\u00a0<\/em>when Google Ventures considered investing in Theranos, the company did not respond to their inquires. Bilton writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEventually, Google Ventures sent a venture capitalist to a Theranos Walgreens Wellness Center to take the revolutionary pinprick blood test. As the VC sat in a chair and had several large vials of blood drawn from his arm, far more than a pinprick, it became apparent that something was amiss with Theranos\u2019 promise.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ConsumerMarketingUnitThemedWrapper-kkMeXf hBFNZw consumer-marketing-unit consumer-marketing-unit--article-mid-content\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"journey-unit\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Top_Scientist_Takes_His_Own_Life\"><\/span>The Top Scientist Takes His Own Life<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When Elizabeth Holmes made the decision to take Theranos\u2019 product public, some within the company questioned the idea. At the top of the list was Ian Gibbons (played in <em>The Dropout<\/em>\u00a0by <strong>Stephen Fry<\/strong>), the company\u2019s chief scientist. According to <em>Vanity Fair<\/em>, he struggled to make Theranos\u2019 technology actually work. But Holmes just kept selling the company\u2019s promise and continued to raise money.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, Holmes sued her friend Richard Fuisz (<strong>William H. Macy <\/strong>in the Hulu series), whom she alleged stole company secrets. With the lawsuit came subpoenas for Theranos officials, including Gibbons, to testify about the company\u2019s technology. But Gibbons didn\u2019t want to testify. Bilton writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf he told the court that the technology did not work, he would harm the people he worked with; if he wasn\u2019t honest about the technology\u2019s problems, however, consumers could potentially harm their health, maybe even fatally.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite Gibbons\u2019 vocal opposition, Holmes insisted that the product enter the market. Then, in May of that year, Gibbons received a phone call at home from Holmes\u2019 assistant, asking him to meet with the CEO later that day. He expected to be fired. That same night, \u201cgripped and overwhelmed with worry,\u201d Gibbons attempted to take his own life. He died in the hospital a week later.<\/p>\n<p>According to Gibbons\u2019 widow, Rochelle (<strong>Kate Burton<\/strong>), Holmes did not call to offer her condolences. Instead, an aide insisted that all confidential property be returned to the company.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Downfall_of_Theranos_Begins\"><\/span>The Downfall of Theranos Begins<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Internally, employees continued to question the legitimacy of Theranos\u2019 product. Whenever they did, they were confronted by the company\u2019s president and chief operating officer, Sunny Balwani (played in <em>The Dropout<\/em> by\u00a0<strong>Naveen Andrews<\/strong>). Eventually, Balwani and Holmes began dating.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<em>Vanity Fair,\u00a0<\/em>Balwani was a key figure in enforcing the company\u2019s culture of secrecy. He prevented scientists and engineers from talking to one another about their work. Job applicants were not told the details of positions until they were hired. And Balwani\u2019s lack of medical credentials led some to question his involvement in the company.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_FDA_and_The_Journal\"><\/span>The FDA and The Journal<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In the summer of 2015, everything began to fall apart. Officials from the FDA showed up at Theranos\u2019 headquarters unannounced and began to investigate some of its laboratories. According to <em>Vanity Fair<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c[Their investigation] found that Theranos appeared to ignore erratic results from its own quality-control checks during a six-month period last year and supplied 81 patients with questionable test results.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At the same time, John Carreyrou (played in <em>The Dropout <\/em>by <strong>Ebon Moss-Bachrach<\/strong>), a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>, began investigating the company. Lawyers for the company tried to intimidate him and sent threatening letters to those who talked with the reporter, including Rochelle Gibbons.<\/p>\n<p>What Carreyrou found made its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/theranos-has-struggled-with-blood-tests-1444881901\">way to the front page<\/a> in October of that year. He revealed that Theranos had misled consumers about its product, both in terms of accuracy and methodology. In <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/2018\/5\/22\/17378494\/bad-blood-theranos-john-carreyrou-interview\">an interview with The Ringer<\/a>, Coarreyrou summed up his view of the company as thus:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis particular company and the culture it created were unique, and I\u2019d like to think that it\u2019s not that widespread. The elements of it \u2014 the secrecy, paranoia, fear, and intimidation \u2014 are not as extreme in most other companies in the Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Aftermath\"><\/span>The Aftermath<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In January 2016, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/\">Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services<\/a>, a government agency within the US Department of Health &amp; Human Services, launched an investigation of its own into Theranos and identified a series of problems with the company\u2019s laboratories. When the problems were not resolved two months later, the agency <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/04\/14\/business\/theranos-elizabeth-holmes-proposed-ban.html\">banned Elizabeth Holmes<\/a> from operating or owning such labs for two years.<\/p>\n<p>The dominos began to fall. Walgreens withdrew from its partnership with Theranos. The FDA took action. And numerous lawsuits were filed against the company.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in March 2018, the SEC sued Holmes and Balwani. The public, and the company\u2019s investors, began to get a full look behind the curtain. In 2014, for example, the company had told investors the US Department of Defense was using their product in combat zones. This deal, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2018-03-14-sec-charges-theranos-and-ceo-elizabeth-holmes-with-massive-frau.html\">the company claimed<\/a>, would yield $100 million in revenue that year. But in fact, the DoD never used the product in combat zones. Theranos generated just $100,000 in profit in 2014.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Trial_of_Elizabeth_Holmes\"><\/span>The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In January 2022, Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty of fraud. She now faces up to 20 years in prison for each of the charges.\u00a0In the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/7lTeU527Glzn2jXmJcY4u9?si=b2907014816e4845\">final episode<\/a> of the podcast <em>The Dropout<\/em>, Jarvis ends with these words:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOn January 3, 2022, Elizabeth walked out of the San Jose courthouse much like she did on day one of this trial and every day in between: hand-in-hand with members of her family. She was expressionless, focused, and silent.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the trial, Holmes also accused Balwani of sexual and emotional abuse. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/03\/technology\/elizabeth-holmes-guilty.html\">According to the <\/a><em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/03\/technology\/elizabeth-holmes-guilty.html\">New York Times<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMs. Holmes said Mr. Balwani, who is around 20 years older, controlled every aspect of her life, including her schedule, self-presentation and time spent with her family. She also accused him of forcing her to have sex with him. Mr. Balwani has denied the allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Balwani\u2019s own trial for his role at Theranos is set to begin next month.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong><em>The Dropout premieres on Hulu on March 3, 2022. In the meantime, you can see the true story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos unfold in the HBO documentary <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nonfics.com\/the-inventor-out-for-blood-in-silicon-valley-review\/\">The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Real Stories\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/will.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>            Will DiGravio began writing for Film School Rejects in 2018. 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