The founder of Bumble Wolfe Herd is terrified by Hulu’s biopic about her wanted to block it

The new Hulu biopic about the 35 -year -old entrepreneur was created on September 8. Slippery Stars Lily James as Wolfe Herd and retraces his dramatic ascent of Tinder Co -founder to Bumble CEO and the youngest woman to make a public business. But Wolfe Herd herself said that the project left her deeply uncomfortable.

In an interview with Julia Boorstin from CNBC, Wolfe Herd admitted that she had learned the film until she was already “Off to the Races”, with a script in hand and in current production. Her discomfort ran so deep that she asked her lawyer to intervene.

“I even asked my lawyer two years ago:” What am I doing? ”

As she recognized, public figures often have little legal appeal to stop projects based on public stories.

The experience was disturbing. Wolfe Herd said that she found the idea of ​​a film on her “too bizarre” life, admitting that she could not watch the trailer all along. At the same time, she expressed a certain appreciation for the choice of casting, calling this an “honor” to be represented by James. However, the mixture of emotions left her in conflict.

“I am obviously both terrified and perhaps slightly flattered,” she said. “But strangeness and fear of it prevails over any flattery.”

The film arrives at a time when Hollywood turned more and more to Silicon Valley for inspiration. Hulu The dropout Chronicle Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, Apple TV + Veil Dramatized Adam Neumann and WeWork, while older films make Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg on screen.

These projects try to infuse the adrenaline of the invention of Silicon Valley with the point of commercial reality. And Wolfe Herd’s career – with its combination of early success, controversy and, ultimately, a billion dollars’ bill – is perfectly part of the genre.

Indeed, the story of Wolfe Herd is, in many ways, cinematographic. Born in Salt Lake City, in Utah, of a family invested both in philanthropy and real estate development, she launched her first company before 21 years old, which was a bamboo tote bag to collect funds for people affected by the 2010 BP tide. high, not doing the first time.

In 2021, Wolfe Herd became the youngest woman in history to take a public business, thinking of Nasdaq bell with her son on her hip. Today, Bumble has millions of users and a reputation for promoting safer and more stimulating online interactions.

But success does not always mean control of your own story. Hulu’s film, directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg and largely pulling public archives, proceedings and media accounts, bypassed Wolfe Herd’s participation from the start. Some criticisms described the film as entertaining but “thin”, based on the broader story of Girlboss Ascent while recognizing the lack of deep contribution of its subject.

He currently has a 37% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

For Wolfe Herd, the challenge concerns less precision than on the loss of the agency. As a person who has built their career by upsetting traditional dynamics and giving women more control over their online interactions, having no saying about how their own story is told.

She admits that she could possibly watch the film, but not without hesitation.

“I guess I have to get popcorn and stay attentive,” she said with an ironic resignation.

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