Ask the cast of Inventing Anna how they first heard the story of Anna Sorokin — the Russian scam artist who posed as a wealthy German socialite and swindled New York’s elite — and they’ll usually give a similar answer.
“The first time I heard about this story was [through] The Cut article by Jessica Pressler,” actor Julia Garner, who plays Sorokin, told CBC News. “And I reacted like how the whole world reacted about that article; I was like, ‘Woah! This article’s amazing. This story’s amazing.'”
Inventing Anna, which premieres Friday on Netflix, is based on a May 2018 article by journalist
