The Dropout Trivia | 35 facts about the mini series

“The Dropout” is an American miniseries that documents the disgraced biotechnology company Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes.

So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the series.

1. The Dropout is an American drama streaming television miniseries
2. The series is created by Elizabeth Meriwether
3. It is based on the podcast The Dropout hosted by Rebecca Jarvis and produced by ABC News
4. It documents the disgraced biotechnology company Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes
5. Elizabeth Holmes is played by Amanda Seyfried
6. The series premiered on the streaming service Hulu on March 3, 2022
7. The Dropout, based on the ABC Audio podcast of the same name, is about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her company, Theranos
8. The show touches on experiences that likely motivated Holmes’s deceptions and lies in a linear fashion
9. The series starts from her preteens and all the way to her exposure as a fraud
10. On April 10, 2019, Deadline Hollywood reported that Hulu had given the production a series order for 6 to 10 episodes
11. The series would be executive produced by Kate McKinnon, the host of The Dropout, Rebecca Jarvis, and its producers, Taylor Dunn and Victoria Thompson
12. The production company involved with this series is Searchlight Television, making this its inaugural production
13. Upon the casting of Amanda Seyfried, she also joined the miniseries as a producer
14. While Elizabeth Meriwether, Liz Heldens, Liz Hannah, and Katherine Pope joined Dunn and Thompson are executive producers
15. On March 31, 2021, Michael Showalter and Jordana Mollick joined the limited series as executive producers
16. Showalter was also expected to direct several episodes
17. Kate McKinnon was also cast to star as Elizabeth Holmes, former CEO of Theranos
18. On February 18, 2021, McKinnon dropped out of the project
19. Though her departure did not come with an explanation, production moved forward without McKinnon
20. On March 29, 2021, Amanda Seyfried was cast to replace McKinnon
21. A day later, Naveen Andrews joined the main cast
22. On June 10, 2021, William H. Macy, Laurie Metcalf, Elizabeth Marvel, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Kate Burton, Stephen Fry, Michel Gill, Michael Ironside, Bill Irwin, and Josh Pais were cast in recurring roles
23. On August 3, 2021, Dylan Minnette, Alan Ruck, Bashir Salahuddin, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Hart Bochner, James Hiroyuki Liao, Nicky Endres, Camryn Mi-Young Kim, and Andrew Leeds were cast in recurring roles
24. On August 5, 2021, Sam Waterston, Kurtwood Smith and Anne Archer were cast in recurring roles
25. On September 14, 2021, LisaGay Hamilton, Michaela Watkins, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Kevin Sussman, Sam Straley, and Shaun Brown joined the cast in recurring capacities
26. The series premiered on March 3, 2022, with the first three episodes available immediately and the rest debuting on a weekly basis on Hulu
27. In international markets, it is to be released via Star content hub on Disney+, on Star+ in Latin America, and on Disney+ Hotstar in India and Southeast Asia
28. According to Forbes, the miniseries spent one week in Nielsen’s top ten streaming programs from March 7, 2022 to March 13, 2022
29. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the limited series holds a 89% approval rating
30. Based on 88 critic reviews
31. With an average rating of 7.4/10
32. The website’s critics consensus reads, “The Dropout succeeds more as a docudrama than a dark comedy, but Amanda Seyfried’s disquieting portrayal of Elizabeth Holmes brings fresh blood to this retelling of recent history”
33. On Metacritic, the series has a score of 75 out of 100
34. Based on 32 critics
35. Indicating “generally favorable reviews”