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‘The Dropout’: Inside Elizabeth Holmes’ Backstory and the Theranos Scandal

  Stranger than fiction.  The Dropout  follows the controversy surrounding  Elizabeth Holmes  and her company Theranos, and the details of the scandal are so wild that they were practically made for TV. Amanda Seyfried   stars as Holmes  in the Hulu miniseries, which premiered on Thursday, March 3. In anticipation of the role, the actress, 36, did her research, telling  Harper’s Bazaar  in February that she “prepared like a motherf–ker.” “The first choice you have to make is no judgments when you play somebody,” the  Mean Girls  star elaborated. “I can’t diagnose anybody. And I also think we’re all so nuanced. We’re built on so many different experiences, from childhood to where we are now. And I got to study. There’s a lot of information out there, and I was privy to all of it.” The Dropout  is not the first pop culture deep dive into Holmes’ story. She was already the subject of a book titled  Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies...