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It seems Billy Evans has no hard feelings for “You Can See Everything” directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, even if their A24 documentary about Elizabeth Holmes portrays him as a villain.
“I would preferred
for that not to be the case, but it’s entertainment,” Evans told CBS. “I didn’t get to control the edit.”
In a promo clip for a forthcoming “Sunday Morning” interview, correspondent Matt Gutman asked Evans, “Are you OK being the subject of entertainment at your expense, which makes you truly look like a conniving, manipulative villain?”
Evans agreed that the film makes him look “crazy” but said, “My goal was to have people see Elizabeth. And when I watch that movie, I see the person that I love and exactly who she is.”
In “You Can See Everything,” Evans spars with Fielder as the comedian attempts to investigate whether his romantic partner, the convicted fraudster behind the blood-testing company Theranos, is being honest. But while he inhabits an antagonistic role in the film, Evans previously said in a social media “AMA” that he does not regret agreeing to the documentary “at all” and had seen “almost all of” Fielder’s previous work before inviting him into his and Holmes’ San Diego home.
Asked to pick one misconception about the film to dispel, Evans wrote on X, “That I somehow control Liz. Anyone who actually knows her would find that idea hilarious. She’s fiercely independent, strongwilled [sic], and my best friend. We are partners in every sense. We challenge each other, disagree, and face the world together. Her closest friends are also some of my closest friends. If I ever mistreated her, they’d have my head.”
“You Can See Everything” is an experimental, three-hour documentary that captured the zeitgeist and the box office when it premiered in October. The movie reached $80 million after just four weekends, becoming the second-biggest doc ever in North America. The film is still rolling out internationally as awards season kicks into gear.
