Jennifer Lawrence Departs Bad Blood Because of Amanda Seyfried

Director Adam McKay will need to find a new Elizabeth Holmes for his latest film Bad Blood. Per The New York Times' Kyle Buchanan on Twitter, Jennifer Lawrence exited the starring role in the film, citing Amanda Seyfried's portrayal of the biotech entrepreneur in The Dropout as the reason for her departure. The film would've reunited the actress with McKay after co-starring with Leonardo DiCaprio in the writer/director's acclaimed Netflix comedy Don't Look Up.

"I thought she was terrific," Lawrence told Buchanan regarding Seyfried's performance. "I was like, 'Yeah, we don't need to redo that.' She did it." Both The Dropout and Bad Blood follow a similar premise, following the known fraudster Holmes and her health technology company Theranos. Holmes formed the organization at only 19, eventually growing its worth to an estimated $10 billion thanks to its alleged revolutionary blood testing technology, though investigations later found that Theranos had misled investors. Considering it was a series, The Dropout went deeper with Holmes life than McKay's film likely will, exploring her preteen years when she dropped out of college to start her infamous company all the way to her ousting as a con artist and the fraud charges that would soon follow. The miniseries would go on to win Seyfried an Emmy during the awards show earlier this year.

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[byronkennedy]

At first I thought Amanda Seyfried portrayal was stiff and awkward. Then I saw interviews of the real woman and realized she was spot on.

[bradhunnel]

Amanda was perfect as Holmes. Chilling

[rynoX]

Seyfried killed that role! She deserves an award for that role she did. Chef's kiss 💋

[pete]

I’m obsessed with the Theranos story, and have been waiting for this movie, but for the last year I’ve been thinking this project might be cancelled. They announced the movie like 5 years ago and have done nothing with it. Then when they announced Lawrence would play Holmes she ended up getting pregnant and postponed it another year. I figured by the time they’re actually able to make and release this movie most people will have forgotten about this story. Now with Lawrence dropping out, I think there’s a bigger chance they’ll cancel it

[normancarter]

Yeah, nobody is going to do it better than Amanda Seyfried. Very honorable and professional for Jennifer Lawrence to do it this way and admit she is bowing out because she knows she can't outact her in this particular character, instead of trying to lie and cover up why she left the film, just fess up and move on.

[chasehedges]

Amanda Sefried and Jennifer Lawrence are legends and fantastic actresses

[sayheyguy]

If they don't have the Taylor Swift song in the movie it's a missed opportunity

[MLB]

Couldn’t they just get Elizabeth Holmes to play Elizabeth Holmes?

[qarsiq]

smart move, rinse and repeat is so tiresome and a waste of time.

[TheCyanideSmoker]

Good... maybe do not redo a story/ movie.

Something original? Nah, not this generation.