Many of the wealthy people Anna is surrounded by are also scammers, from Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland to pharma fraudster Martin Shkreli, but even people who have obtained their wealth legally seem bland and unexceptional, making it easy to remember they have benefited from a system built on the myth of meritocracy and designed to make the very rich even richer, a system that is arguably a con in and of itself. At the start, sunlit yachts and luxurious hotels spin a siren song, but by the middle of the show, all the money and the people who spend it so carelessly begin looking absurd. Inventing Anna plays up the lies at the heart of extreme wealth from start to finish. Lying for profit is an American tradition. It’s a tradition that runs through Ozark as well, where Garner plays another hustler trying to hit it big using illicit means, except with more guns involved. In court, Spodek argues that everyone has a bit of Anna in them, comparing her to Frank Sinatra, who used to pay women to faint at his concerts. Perhaps Garner is so disconcerting to watch because in some ways, we recognize parts of ourselves-her endless desire for more and better things she does not need, her willingness to play any role to obtain them. The one sequence that lavishes attention on her appearance is a slow-motion montage of her courtroom style choices, which is so campy, including a glowy filter and wind machine, that it feels like satire. Despite the real Delvey’s obsession with looks-one of her most powerful weapons in convincing people she was something she plainly was not-Garner’s Anna is not even particularly glamorous. Rather than inviting the audience into an intimate understanding of the character, Garner maintains a haughty, overwrought detachment from start to finish-rarely if ever showing genuine emotion, changing from a helpless victim to a ruthless narcissist in the blink of an eye when it serves her, never entirely believable in either extreme. Her mottled quasi-German accent is harsh and grating, except for the few times it breaks during emotional scenes, letting a hint of Delvey’s native Russian accent slip through. Garner’s Delvey is not all that magnetic or even particularly believable. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.Her unsettling and opaque performance embodies the emptiness at the heart of Delvey’s story.Īt first glance, Garner, best known for her role as the fiery Ruth on Ozark, might seem like an unlikely choice for Anna, a grifter who charmed her way through New York’s extraordinarily discerning social scene. So certain scenes, very subtly, accent was gonna come out more.” Especially when she wants something (like a PayPal account, perhaps?), the actress added. Garner continued, “The thing that I noticed with foreigners is that when they let their walls down - either they get excited or they get emotional - their accent comes out more. And then she probably learned English in the British way because she’s European they don’t learn American English.” This is a girl who said that she was German, and people believed it, but she actually was born in Russia, so she’s not going to have a Russian accent. “I was like, ‘What is her accent?’ I didn’t even know what her accent was,” Garner exclusively told IndieWire. Actress Garner actually spoke with Delvey to get her approval on her complex, infamous accent. Delvey was found guilty on eight charges of fraud and grand larceny in 2019. Delvey passed herself off as a fake German heiress to gain access (and bank information) to the wealthy Manhattan elite. While Fineman does a spot-on impression of Delvey, it was “Ozark” alum Julia Garner who fully transformed into the “grifter princess” of NYC for the Shonda Rhimes-produced Netflix series. “It hasn’t arrived yet!” Fineman confirmed, even after she wired Delvey money through PayPal to pay for the artwork.Ī representative for Delvey told IndieWire that all purchases from the show are still being processed. 'SNL' Adds New Featured Players Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow, Devon WalkerĪll the Details on 'Hunger Games' Prequel 'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' 'SNL' Season 48 Hosts: Megan Thee Stallion, Miles Teller, and Brendan Gleeson Make Their Debuts
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