'WeCrashed' Bosses Break Down the Finale and the Story Behind Katy Perry's 'Roar' (Exclusive)
22.04.2022 - 19:37
/ etonline.com
, the fascinating limited drama about the meteoric rise of a $47 billion startup called WeWork, came to an epic end, chronicling the downfall of its eccentric co-founder, Adam Neumann (Jared Leto), and his ambitious wife, Rebekah (Anne Hathaway), in the series finale. While speaking to ET, creators and showrunners Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello broke down the final moments of the episode, “The One With All the Money,” and the story behind Katy Perry’s “Roar,” as heard throughout the series.With mounting pressure to go public, Adam and Rebekah come up with a wildly fantastical S-1 filing that’s met with a disastrous reaction from inside and outside of the company.
This leaves the couple fighting for their positions at the top of WeWork while the IPO at a drastically reduced valuation is postponed. As a result, Adam and Rebekah are forced into crisis mode as the two become increasingly paranoid and erratic. That pushes Adam to make a last-ditch effort by reaching out to key investor and SoftBank CEO, Masayoshi Son (Eui-sung Kim), to make a financial power play with the company’s board of directors.
In the end, Adam is pushed out as CEO and is removed from the board but not without negotiating an exit package of nearly $1.7 billion, including an annual salary of $46 million for being retained as a consultant and the rights to Rebekah’s failed private school, WeGrow.While the couple thinks they have come out on top, during their family vacation to the Dead Sea, Rebekah receives unsettling news from Masayoshi. “You will never get the buyout package. Not a single penny.
I will make sure of it,” he tells her over the phone. “The next time we speak will be through lawyers.” The series ends with a distraught Rebekah running out
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