- Jennifer Lawrence will play the Theranos founder in an upcoming movie directed by the "Don't Look Up" director.
- Adam McKay said Lawrence is currently "working on" Elizabeth Holmes' distinct deep voice.
- "With the voice, she said she's feeling it. She's excited," McKay told Insider.
After working together on Netflix's "Don't Look Up," director Adam McKay and actress Jennifer Lawrence are set to team up again for an adaptation of the 2018 book "Bad Blood," which chronicles the rise and fall of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes, which turned out to be a bust and ended in her being convicted of four counts of wire fraud and conspiracy.
To get the character right, Lawrence will have to nail one recognizable thing about Holmes, her unique deep voice.
McKay, who told Insider the movie will likely be the next he makes, admits the actress is still tinkering with it.
"I haven't made her do it for me yet," he said of the voice. "She said she's been working on it."
McKay admits he hasn't pressed Lawrence about it yet because she's pregnant with her first child.
"She's about to have a baby so I'm not going to bug her right now," he said.
In September, Lawrence announced she was expecting her first child with husband Cooke Maroney.
"She's born to play that role," McKay added of Lawrence playing Holmes. "With the voice, she said she's feeling it. She's excited."
Theranos was thought to be a game-changer in the medical field as Holmes boasted that her blood-testing startup could run a wide range of lab tests with just a few drops of patients' blood from a finger prick. She was built up to be the next Steve Jobs.
However, inaccuracies of Theranos' technology were exposed, leading to the company shutting down. Then it was discovered that Holmes had tried to cover it all up.
In early January, Holmes was convicted of fraud in federal court. Jurors found Holmes guilty of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. They found her not guilty of four other counts and failed to reach a unanimous verdict on the remaining three counts against her.
It was announced in December that Apple will produce the McKay adaptation.