Fiction Vs. Reality
We all know that entertainment based on a real-life story is often exaggerated. It’s entertaining as heck, though, so we usually just go along with it. There’s always another layer of drama when the real-life people that characters are based on break their silence. That’s what happened when Cleary Wolters spoke up. In the wildly popular Netflix series Orange is the New Black, the character of Alex Vause is based on Wolters’ actual life.
The thing is, she didn’t even know about it until she saw a commercial for the show. She’s since set the record straight on a few things. For example, she’s clarified that she didn’t “seduce” Piper into a life of crime, even though she gets why the TV show would make it seem that way. She says in real life, they were both equally responsible.