‘WeCrashed’ lets Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway dig into ‘WeWork’

Hathaway also took a deep dive into her character’s background. “She’s very interested in spirituality, sharing the books that she’s read, so I immersed myself in those,” the Oscar-winning actress says during a Zoom conference. “I also worked with a researcher who gave me amazing, amazing research on Rebekah’s life, world. It is a world I was not born into but I am familiar with. I just sort of did my own investigative reporting. I would find people that knew her and I asked them questions. It was very interesting to kind of hear people’s experience with her versus the way she’s portrayed in the media.”

Among Paltrow’s contributions: WeGrow, a private school. When WeWork started to experience financial issues, she stepped down as CEO of WeGrow.

Gwyneth Paltrow, Rebekah’s cousin, is mentioned in “WeCrashed,” but she’s not a character. “I think Gwyneth is someone who gets a lot of attention from the media and she’d probably prefer I just say, ‘We’re good,’ and leave out the details,” Hathaway says.

“WeCrashed” does detail the kind of work environment the Neumanns created.

“At the beginning, you see that these are people who had very sincere intentions,” Hathaway says. “I really think they wanted to make the world a better place. How they executed that is a lot more complicated. I do think they were people – certainly in my character’s case – who looked at the world and was trying to leave it better than she found it.”