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Michaela Watkins has hinted there is an unexpected twist in the final episode of The Dropout<\/a>, which depicts the true story of Elizabeth Holmes and her tech company Theranos.<\/p>\n The entrepreneur raised money from investors after claiming she had invented revolutionary new technology, which could run a variety of health tests from a single blood test.<\/p>\n In reality, Holmes\u2019 company were never able to produce a fully functional prototype, ultimately leading to her conviction on fraud charges at the start of the year.<\/p>\n While those familiar with the true story will know broadly how the story of The Dropout will unfold, Watkins has hinted at an unexpected twist surrounding her fictional character Linda Tanner.<\/p> In the show, Linda is depicted as an in-house lawyer at Theranos, with Watkins describing the character as an \u201camalgamation\u201d of the real legal team the company used while it was still operating.<\/p>\n By virtue of Linda being fictional, there is some room for her to develop in ways that will be surprising even to those familiar with the Theranos saga \u2013 and Watkins has hinted that\u2019s exactly what the writers chose to do.<\/p>\n In an interview with RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press, she revealed that The Dropout showrunner Elizabeth Meriwether (New Girl) <\/span>tailored the role of Linda to suit her when she boarded the project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI think what happened with the role is, when they found out I was going to do it, they realised what they wanted. <\/span>It gave them more of an idea of where they wanted to go with it,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Watkins continued: \u201cYou know, just to say that the last episode is pretty exciting. I\u2019m very, very excited for you to see it. I don\u2019t want to give anything away.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Amanda Seyfried leads The Dropout cast as disgraced CEO Holmes, featuring alongside a large ensemble cast including Naveen Andrews (Sense8<\/a>), Stephen Fry (It\u2019s A Sin<\/a>) and Dylan Minnette (Scream<\/a>).<\/p>\n The Dropout premieres on Disney Plus on Thursday 3rd March 2022. Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By David Craig Published: Thursday, 03 March 2022 at 12:00 am Michaela Watkins has hinted there is an unexpected twist in the final episode of The Dropout, which depicts the true story of Elizabeth Holmes and her tech company Theranos. The entrepreneur raised money from investors after claiming she had invented revolutionary new technology, which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By David Craig Published: Thursday, 03 March 2022 at 12:00 am Michaela Watkins has hinted there is an unexpected twist in the final episode of The Dropout, which depicts the true story of Elizabeth Holmes and her tech company Theranos. The entrepreneur raised money from investors after claiming she had invented revolutionary new technology, which…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/11692"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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