‘Inventing Anna’ is the most watched English-language series on Netflix, although not everyone is happy with it | TV

The nine-part series ‘Inventing Anna’ tells the improbably true story of a gray mouse who pretended to be a wealthy heiress between 2013 and 2017, infiltrated the highest circles of New York and made everyone pay for her there. The mini-series has also only been on the streaming platform since Friday 11 February, but in the meantime the show has already been awarded the title of most watched English-language series. In the weekend after its release, the mini-series has been viewed more than 77 million times. In the days that followed, the popularity of the series has only increased. Seven days later, the counter stood at 196 million hours. As a result, ‘Inventing Anna’ does better than the third season of ‘You’ (179 million hours). The most-watched series on Netflix is ​​not ‘Inventing Anna’. For example, the mini-series has to lose out to ‘Squid Game’ (572 million hours), ‘All of Us Are Dead’ (236 million hours) and the final season of ‘La Casa de Papel’ (202 million hours).

Not everyone is happy with the success of ‘Inventing Anna’. Rachel Deloache Williams, one of Anna Sorokin’s victims, is in turn lashing out at Netflix. In the miniseries we get to see how Anna and Rachel go together to the pricey La Mamounia in Marrakesh. There they enjoyed the beautiful weather, a private villa with swimming pool and butler and shopping. But when payment had to be made, Anna’s credit card did not work. She begged Williams to advance her the money. And although the $62,000 bill was more than she made in a year, she admitted. For months she tried to get her money back, but without success. Anna ended up giving her only $5,000. In the end, Rachel was also the one who got Anna arrested and she also testified against her in court.

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In an interview with Vanity Fair, her former employer, the real Rachel Williams now tells the story. She calls the mini-series ‘Inventing Anna’ dangerous. “You watch the spectacle, but you don’t pay attention to what’s being advertised.” According to Rachel, there is a fine line between fact and fiction. “People are more likely to believe what they see in entertainment than what they see in the news,” it said in Vanity Fair. Rachel also fears Anna’s story may be a source of inspiration for others. According to her, it is therefore not unlikely that others will follow in her footsteps

Rachel is also not pleased with the way in which the makers have portrayed her. Unlike Anna, she was never contacted beforehand. In ‘Inventing Anna’ she is described as “a born follower”. In addition, the makers also write that Anna has made her the woman she is today. Two remarks that went wrong with Rachel. “Defining a woman as someone’s creation is the opposite of a feminist narrative.” She also never had contact with Katie Lowes, the actress who took on the role of Rachel. “Her only kind of accuracy in putting me in the series was the correct spelling of my name.”

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