{"id":416239,"date":"2022-03-15T02:03:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T23:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jared-leto-anne-hathaway-and-the-crash-and-burn-wework-disaster\/"},"modified":"2022-03-15T02:03:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T23:03:37","slug":"jared-leto-anne-hathaway-and-the-crash-and-burn-wework-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jared-leto-anne-hathaway-and-the-crash-and-burn-wework-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jared Leto, Anne Hathaway and the crash-and-burn WeWork disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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-6a4e0c9dcf084\" 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-6a4e0c9dcf084\" 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-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jared-leto-anne-hathaway-and-the-crash-and-burn-wework-disaster\/#%E2%80%9CJared_Leto_Anne_Hathaway_and_the_crash-and-burn_WeWork_disaster%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Jared Leto, Anne Hathaway and the crash-and-burn WeWork disaster&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJared_Leto_Anne_Hathaway_and_the_crash-and-burn_WeWork_disaster%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Jared Leto, Anne Hathaway and the crash-and-burn WeWork disaster&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-starr-hs02.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Michael Starr\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-starr-hs02.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-starr-hs02.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The \u201ctrain wreck\u201d scenario is played to the hilt in \u201cWeCrashed,\u201d a new <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/\">Apple TV+<\/a> drama about the rise and spectacular fall of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/weworks-nightmare-ipo\">WeWork<\/a>, the revolutionary shared-workspace startup that flamed out in historic Wall Street fashion to the tune of billions.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, based on on the Wondery podcast \u201cWeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork,\u201d stars <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaredleto\">Jared Leto<\/a> as Israel-born \u201cserial entrepreneur\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/uk\/reports\/a38841188\/wework-adam-neumann\/\">Adam Neumann.<\/a> After a brief flash-forward scene to September 2019 \u2014 when the s\u2013t hit the fan \u2014 it\u2019s back to 2007. Adam is hawking a line of collapsible heels for women\u2019s shoes and \u201cKrawlers\u201d pants for babies \u2014 and failing miserably. His vision for shared roommate living space (in the mold of the \u201cBig Brother\u201d house sans bells and whistles) also hits a dead-end until he meets architect Miguel McKelvey (Kyle Marvin) and they brainstorm the shared workspace scenario \u2014 just as Adam meets yoga teacher Rebekah Paltrow (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/annehathaway\/\">Anne Hathaway<\/a>), whose part-time acting career pales in comparison to her famous cousin Gwyneth.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s difficult to comprehend what <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/culture\/a36017588\/where-is-rebekah-neumann-wework-now\/\">Rebekah <\/a>sees in Adam \u2014 he pursues her relentlessly, journeying into   stalker territory \u2014 but they fall in love. After a series of business hiccups \u2014 shady investors, nonstarters, money woes \u2014 Adam and Miguel open their first shared-workspace venue, Greenspace, in Brooklyn, an open-floor-plan layout complete with a coffee bar, ping-pong table, etc. which they sell for $500,000 \u2014 using that cash and a $1 million wedding gift from Rebekah\u2019s suspicious father to open their first WeWork space in SoHo in 2010.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/WeCrashed_Photo_0101-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway as Adam and Rebekah Neumann in &quot;WeCrashed.&quot; They're walking down a street and are both casually dressed and wearing sunglasses.\" class=\"wp-image-21525290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/WeCrashed_Photo_0101-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/WeCrashed_Photo_0101-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/WeCrashed_Photo_0101-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/WeCrashed_Photo_0101-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway star in \u201cWeCrashed,\u201d a new eight-episode series on <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 TV+.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Peter Kramer<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ATV_WeCrashed_Photo_010203.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Jaret Leto and Anne Hathaway\" class=\"wp-image-21525318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ATV_WeCrashed_Photo_010203.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ATV_WeCrashed_Photo_010203.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ATV_WeCrashed_Photo_010203.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ATV_WeCrashed_Photo_010203.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Adam (Jaret Leto) consoles Rebekah (Anne Hathaway) after her disastrous theatrical premiere.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Peter Kramer<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before long, the money is flowing in, Rebekah is pregnant, WeWork expands (eventually worldwide) before it all comes crashing down in 2019 after a damning Wall Street Journal article triggers the company\u2019s board members to fire Adam before a planned IPO and WeWork loses a huge chunk of its $47 billion valuation.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s much more to the story, of course \u2014 particularly Adam and Rebekah\u2019s hubris \u2014   and it\u2019s laid out in the eight-episode series in which you\u2019ll also meet key players in the story, including Cameron Lautner (O-T Fagbenle, \u201cThe Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u201d), who tries to whip the company into shape for its IPO, young entrepreneur Elishia Kennedy (America Ferrera), whose life is thrown into chaos after joining WeWork and Anthony Edwards as a powerful board member.<\/p>\n<p>Oscar winners Leto and Hathaway (both are executive producers) deliver in roles that are not very glamorous or admirable, given the way in which Adam and Rebekah are portrayed (it all goes to their heads, though their love for and belief in each other is inexorable). I found it a little hard to believe that Rebekah would fall for Adam \u2014 as portrayed by Leto, he\u2019s charismatic, but also devious and obnoxious \u2014 and Leto\u2019s accent sounds more Italian than Israeli (it\u2019s distracting). <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ATV_WeCrashed_Photo_010201.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Miguel (Kyle Marvin) has it out with his business partner, Adam Neumann (Jared Leto) in a scene from &quot;WeCrashed.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-21525646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ATV_WeCrashed_Photo_010201.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ATV_WeCrashed_Photo_010201.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ATV_WeCrashed_Photo_010201.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ATV_WeCrashed_Photo_010201.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Miguel (Kyle Marvin) has it out with his business partner, Adam Neumann (Jared Leto) in a scene from \u201cWeCrashed.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Peter Kramer<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWeCrashed\u201d is a cautionary tale of excess and greed that we\u2019ve seen too many times before \u2014 and will likely see again, since these financial misdeeds meshed with all-too-human foibles seem to often go unheeded (and unchecked) in the world of high-stakes entrepreneurs. 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