‘WeCrashed': Why Anne Hathaway Deliberately Didn’t Talk to Gwyneth Paltrow About Playing Her Cousin (Video)

In the first three episodes of “WeCrashed,” now streaming on Apple TV+, Gwyneth Paltrow gets name-dropped quite a bit. But no, series star Anne Hathaway didn’t talk to the actress about her presence in the story; she didn’t want to put Paltrow in that kind of position.Why exactly does Paltrow come up? Well, for those who didn’t know, the actress is cousins with Rebecca Neumann, the co-founder of WeWork. At the start of “WeCrashed,” we learn that Rebecca (Hathaway) is writing for her cousin’s website when she meets Adam Neumann (Jared Leto).As the episodes progress, Gwyneth is shown as almost a bit of a sore spot for Rebecca, like when she is constantly asked by her wedding guests in episode two whether the actress will be attending Rebecca and Adam’s wedding. But, Hathaway didn’t think it would be right to pry into...