WeCrashed True Story: Everything The WeWork Show Changes

Warning: Contains spoilers We fell.

Apple TV+ we fell tells the true story of WeWork’s rise and fall, but in the process, the show changed a few things. WeWork is the brainchild of Israeli billionaire Adam Neumann — in we fell Written by Jared Leto, he strives to create a common space for workers in the burgeoning gig economy. Born in 2008, WeWork wasn’t the first coworking space company, but it has certainly become the most famous over time. Eccentric and visionary leaders combined with a party atmosphere captured WeWork’s widespread attention and enough investors to ultimately value it at $47 billion.

we fell Part of a long line of documents about WeWork. The Apple TV+ show is based on the Wondery podcast of the same name, a Hulu documentary, and two books about the company’s story that have been released in the past two years. fall out to Netflix invented anna, The popularity of limited series focusing on scams over the past decade has reached new levels and we fell Join its ranks naturally. Follow the story of Adam Neumann and his wife Rebekah (Anne Hathaway) from the founding of WeWork to its collapse and eventual replacement of Neumann as CEO.

we fell Pretty accurate on many things, detailing the gist of the WeWork story and plotting how Neumann’s employees and investors see him. From his work with SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son (Kim Eui-sung) to WeWork’s much-mocked S-1, we fell tells a story full of unbelievable elements. However, some aspects were left out and inevitable changes were made to the story. We fell.

Adam’s theme song is “Juicy,” not “Roar.”

One of Netflix’s most popular Notorious BIG songs Biggie The documentary is the rapper’s inspirational song from humble beginnings to fame and success, 1994’s Juicy, we fell Replaced with “Roar” by Katy Perry. At the end of the series, “Roar” fulfills Neumann’s request we fell He was introduced, and then it ended before the final episode ended. we fell, Neumann sometimes asked to play “Juicy” over the loudspeaker when he arrived at WeWork headquarters. The mysterious Neumann created an aura around him that he wanted his assistants to create through elements like Notorious BIG’s “Juicy”. This song is so important to Neumann that Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell’s 2021 book our worship tells the story of employees who sometimes have to listen to “Juicy” over and over again for hours after getting him ready for his arrival at WeWork headquarters.

Adam and Miguel actually met at a work party

we fell Changing the way Neumann met WeWork cofounder Miguel McKelvey (Kyle Marvin) for the first time, the two met after a meeting of venture capitalists. In a lecture hall at Baruch University, where McKelvey is studying, Neumann pitched his idea for a communal space. While Neumann’s idea didn’t attract any venture capitalists, McKelvey later contacted Neumann to tell him he could get the office space needed to house his startup idea. Since then, the two have spawned the WeWork concept.

In real life, Neumann happened to work in the same building as McKelvey and met his co-founder at an office party. The two are tied together by growing up in the same community: Neumann grew up in an Israeli family. Kibbutz McKelvey lives in a commune in Oregon. Because of this, both value the concept of building community in an increasingly isolated world.

Adam met his wife Rebekah through a friend

Like Miguel Adam’s introduction, we fell Changing the way Neumann met WeWork’s wife and muse Rebecca.thinker frivolous fair As suggested”Great at WeWork” Rebekah Neumann, a member of the wealthy Paltrow family, has a penchant for the unconventional and spiritual. She studied Buddhism at Cornell University, pictured we fell, She was a yoga teacher in New York City when she met Neumann. In real life, Neumann met Andy Finkelstein, Rebecca’s friend from Cornell University at a party. Finkelstein later introduced Neumann to Rebecca on a blind date. we fell Skip the middle man, get rid of Finkelstein entirely, and allow Neumann to meet Rebecca in person at the rooftop party.

Adam is close to Ashton Kutcher

based on our adoration, Neumann and Rebecca have been involved with the Kabbalah Center in Los Angeles and have been linked with celebrities like Lucy Liu and Demi Moore. That’s 70 performances’Ashton Kutcher. Kutcher, a venture capitalist in his own right, has become a major backer of Neumann and WeWork. When SoftBank’s investment failed and allowed WeWork to re-brand, Kutcher became a particularly important asset that Neumann loved to capitalize on, giving interviews and allowing him to speak at events. However, we fell No partnerships are involved. This is understandable since the show is a limited series focusing on the Neumanns.

WeCrashed combines with Summer Camp: All the big changes

This is necessary for the WeWork story, we fell including an episode dedicated to “summer camp,” A mandatory annual company gathering takes employees outdoors in a music festival-like atmosphere. Because this event happens every year, we fell For brevity, the third volume chose to combine several summer camps into a single volume, thus providing a certain degree of accuracy. Episode 3 focuses on Rebecca, her family relationship slime lab’Gwyneth Paltrow rose to prominence when she was forced to deal with the legal troubles of her father, Gwyneth Paltrow’s uncle, Bob Paltrow. When her father was accused of falsifying tax returns in 2014, Rebecca was tasked with writing a character letter to him. However, what happened at the same time we fell Scandal In it Rebecca says that “An important part of being a woman is helping a man.” Happened around 2018.

we fall’WeWork camps are held on a property owned by the Rebekah family in upstate New York, but WeWork camps have been held at multiple locations over the years. It even happened in the UK at one point. WeWork brings employees together for inspirational meetings and festivals, even in popular locations like Madison Square Garden. Loyalty-building gatherings like WeWork’s summer camp have given the company a cult-like aura, we fell Definitely need to be expressed.

Alicia Kennedy and Cameron Lautner are not real people

exist we fall’Among the main cast, two particularly stand out: Alicia Kennedy of America Ferrera and Cameron Lautner of OT Fagbenler. These characters are fictitious, though we fell Based on a true story, created for different reasons. Kennedy, played by Ferreira, is the co-founder of the fictional juice company Raw Revival, based on Julie Rice, WeWork’s former brand manager, SoulCycle founder and one of WeWork’s brightest employees. She helped globalize the WeWork brand and decided to leave the company after just two years, similar to Ferreira’s character, who left WeWork due to the unprofessional partying environment and growing tension with Rebecca.

simultaneously, black Widow’OT Fagbenle as Cameron Lautner in we fell When Lautner was tasked with overseeing WeWork’s finances in preparation for the company’s IPO, he decisively thwarted Adam Neumann. Lautner eventually replaced Neumann as CEO, succeeding the real-life Arti Minson and Sebastian Gunningham, who had served as WeWork’s interim CEO before Sandeep Matrani took over the role permanently. Fagbenle’s role is actually a merger of Benchmark partners, helping we fell By turning many other minor potential characters into a central figure.

WeCrashed misses out on a major ‘We’ corporate venture

even if it is excluded we fell, There are still signs of We’s startups.”we live in.” exist we fell In the first episode, Neumann brings up the idea of ​​a dormitory-like apartment community. In Episode 4, Rebecca shows Neumann a whiteboard with brainstormed ideas for We companies, including WeLive. However, WeLive does not provide any additional insights. We fell. instead of, we fell Subtle focus on big-Anne Hathaway showed Rebekah how she runs the WeWork elementary school venture, WeGrow, to reach her by promoting The We Company’s awareness-raising properties outside of the workplace. Also, WeLive is mentioned more in the Hulu documentary WeWork: The birth and bankruptcy of the $47 billion unicorn Describe the WeWork employee’s dedication to the company. WeLive was a short-lived business, but it still represented a far-reaching and costly idea that ultimately led to Adam Neumann’s removal from his own company.