Shortly after the Netflix series “Inventing Anna” was released, fans’ interest in the person who Chase was based on had gotten so loud that Page Six reported that Sorokin posted on her Instagram stories, “Want to know who the real ‘Chase’ is? The media outlet with the highest bid gets the exclusive. Bid starts at 10K. DM to bid.” While Sorokin has never confirmed whether Chase is based on Hunter Lee Soik, Sorokin’s former best friend, Rachel DeLoache Williams, wrote in her book, “My Friend Anna,” that Sorokin had dated Soik, who was often called a “futurist.”
Soik is also mentioned in one of Sorokin’s own Instagram posts from 2014, which shows a yacht on the ocean in Ibiza. Viewers will recall that in Episode 2 (“The Devil Wore Anna”), Anna and Chase spontaneously fly to Ibiza and stay on Henrick Knight’s (Josh Malina) yacht after getting an invite from his friend and Anna’s (Julie Garner) acquaintance, Talia Mallay (Marika Dominczyk), to try to get Knight to invest in Chase’s app.
While the facts seem to suggest that Chase could be based on Soik, Sorokin has still never confirmed or denied it. Based on the fact that Soik is not even referred to by name in Pressler’s article, audiences may never know for sure if there is a true connection between Chase and Soik.
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