Julia Garner Responds to Anna Delvey's Comments About 'Inventing Anna' (Exclusive)

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, Julia Garner is stepping into the lead as convicted fraudster Anna Delvey in Shonda Rhimes’ limited, true-crime series,. The series should garner more awards attention for the 28-year-old star, who worked closely with Delvey to embody the captivating yet perplexing persona of the German expat who pretended to be an heiress in order to con New York’s social elite and financial institutions out of millions.

While Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, sold the rights of her story to Netflix and even met with Garner when she was still in prison serving out her sentence, she recently wrote in an essay for revealing that “it doesn't look like [she’ll] be watching  anytime soon.” “Even if I were to pull some strings and make it happen, nothing about seeing a fictionalized version of myself in this criminal-insane-asylum setting sounds appealing to me,” Delvey, who is now in ICE custody after violating the terms of her visa, wrote. “I was hoping that by the time came out, I would've moved on with my life.

I imagined for the show to be a conclusion of sorts summing up and closing of a long chapter that had come to an end.”She added, “Nearly four years in the making and hours of phone conversations and visits later, the show is based on my story and told from a journalist's perspective.

And while I'm curious to see how they interpreted all the research and materials provided, I can't help but feel like an afterthought, the somber irony of being confined to a cell at yet another horrid correctional facility lost between the lines, the history repeating itself.”Anna Delvey and Julia GarnerWhile speaking to ET’s Lauren Zima, Garner reflected on the time she spent with Delvey, notably perfecting her distinct accent, and.