What did you miss in Inventing Anna? 15 details and in-jokes that blur fiction and reality in Netflix’s hit series about ‘fake heiress’ Anna Sorokin, aka Anna Delvey
- The Shonda Rhimes-produced show stars Julia Garner, along with plenty of actors from Scandal and Anna Chlumsky, whose character jokes about possibly meeting Macaulay Culkin
- Anna really did meet Billy McFarland (of Fyre Festival fame) and Martin Shkreli, who really played her Lil Wayne’s ‘Carter V’ album before it was released
Thankfully, we’re here to help. Here are 15 important details you might have missed while collecting your jaw from the floor …
1. Vivian Kent writes for a fictionalised version of New York Magazine
Jessica Pressler, a journalist with New York Magazine, wrote an article exposing the real-life Anna Sorokin in May 2018. The on-set magazine office highly resembles that magazine’s own, according to Vulture, an entertainment news site – but of course using the real title would break all the rules.
2. There’s a hidden warning that the show is fictional in every episode
On the first episode of Inventing Anna the warning is quite clear, posted against a black screen and written in basic text. As the season continues, it’s hidden in places like on billboards, on building plaques and in newspaper headlines.
3. Billy McFarland and Fyre Festival are real … and Anna Sorokin has a connection to him
In episode four, Anna crashes at one of the lofts owned by the scammer behind the infamous Fyre Festival, Billy McFarland.
