Billy Evans and the ‘You Can See Everything’ Directors Are Telling Two Very Different Stories

Few documentaries have broken out the way A24’s ‘You Can See Everything’ has. The film follows Elizabeth Holmes in the weeks before she began a federal prison sentence, and her partner, Billy Evans, is right there beside her for nearly all of it. It has already made more than $63 million domestically and is on course to become one of A24’s biggest hits ever.

Part of the film’s pull is its premise. Cameras were set up in the bedroom, bathroom and kitchen, which gives the sense that nothing is hidden, including a moment where Evans is watched showering nude. That scene reportedly contributed to the film’s R rating.

It also became the thing viewers couldn’t stop talking about, and now Evans has weighed in on how it ended up on screen. Variety reports that he claims he “didn’t consent” to the full-frontal moment. He called it “an awkward experience,” said he asked whether the footage could be pixelated, and said the filmmakers refused.

That account sits in direct conflict with the one the directors have given. Co-director Lance Oppenheim told GQ that after a gym session, he told Evans the crew would give him time to shower, and Evans asked whether they wanted to film him doing it. Oppenheim said he offered to shoot it in a way that would avoid showing Evans’ genitals, but that Evans said he didn’t mind being seen naked.

This isn’t the first round of back-and-forth. People published a report citing a source who said Evans felt his trust was violated, and Evans shared the story online with a pointed note telling readers to trust the “sources.” The tone was dismissive, though he still appeared to be pushing back on the framing rather than the film itself.

Other reports have muddied things further. One insider told TMZ that Evans was assured the nudity would not make the final cut for legal reasons. Yet the full-frontal footage was shown to festival audiences anyway. That timeline is likely why Evans says he heard rumors about the scene from early screenings.

Evans has also been unusually open about the film overall. Speaking about his portrayal in general, he told CBS News in his first TV interview, “I didn’t get to control that edit.” During a Q&A on X, when a fan asked if he regretted agreeing to the documentary, he answered, “Not at all.”

The internet, naturally, has theories. Defector ran a tongue-in-cheek roundup of explanations for the scene, noting that control is a central theme of the film, as it questions who has it and who is trying to keep it. The dispute over who decided what in that bathroom fits that theme almost too neatly.

For now, there are two accounts and no neutral referee. Evans says there was no consent, Oppenheim says Evans brought it up himself, and the unedited footage isn’t going to settle anything. ‘You Can See Everything’ is in theaters now, so audiences can decide for themselves how much they believe, and how much they want to.