Inventing Anna features a star-studded cast, including Ozark’s Julia Garner as Anna Delvey, Veep’s Anna Chlumsky as Vivian, Succession’s Arian Moayed as Todd, and The Bold Type’s Alexis Floyd as Neff. The true-crime drama series also features guest appearances from numerous famous faces including Anthony Edwards, Laverne Cox, Jeff Perry and Jennifer Esposito.
Anthony Edwards takes on the role of Alan Reed, one of the many members of New York’s business world who Anna Delvey was able to fool.
Newsweek has everything you need to know about the real Alan Reed and the actor who plays him.
Is Alan Reed a Real Person?
Yes and no. The character Alan Reed is not a real person, but he is loosely based on a New York lawyer who did fall victim to Anna Delvey’s scam.
Alan Reed in Inventing Anna is inspired by New York real-estate lawyer Andrew Lance. According to his bio, Lance works in private real estate equity funds, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, corporate and individual developers and owners, mortgage and mezzanine lenders, and real estate investment.
Lance is also ranked as a leading real estate lawyer by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and was listed in New York magazine’s “New York Area’s Best Lawyers” edition and many more.
If that was not impressive enough, Lance is also a professor at New York Law School and has delivered lectures at Yale Law School and the New York University Schack Institute of Real Estate.
Despite his impressive career, Lance found…
