The filmmaker served as a consultant on the series, and made herself available to her onscreen counterpart Alexis Floyd to answer any and all questions she had about what makes her tick. Since the publication of Pressler's article, Davis has played in an instrumental role in ensuring Delvey's story and her own were faithfully told in Inventing Anna. People are like, 'Well, both of you guys didn't steal' but it's like 'No, she stole from me, she stole my time.' And when people are like, 'Oh my god you moocher, you're so thirsty,' I'm like, 'Screw that, because they didn't have to deal with Anna for months.' For every day of my life for 8 hours a day, this girl sat across my desk." In a 2018 interview with Paper, the filmmaker explained, "I feel like we're like Thelma and Louise. For her part, Davis had to pay her new pal back with her undivided attention. But like all of the fake heiress' relationships, their friendship was still transactional. Soon, the two women became friends, with Delvey inviting Davis to lavish parties and buying her clothes. Just like on the show, Davis met Delvey when she strolled into the 11 Howard hotel and started slipping the staff $100 tips. The real-life Davis reacted in much the same way, and today the aspiring filmmaker is still committed to seeing Delvey's story told fairly - and making her own Hollywood dreams come true. That reality is reflected in Inventing Anna, Shonda Rhimes' adaptation of Jessica Pressler's 2018 New York Magazine article "How Anna Delvey Tricked New York's Party People." On the show, Neff defends Anna even after her fraudulent behavior catches up with her. If Anna Delvey made one real friend during her time scamming her way to the top of New York's social strata it was Neffatari "Neff" Davis.
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