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Fake Famous

Documentary follows an actress, fashion designer and real estate assistant who attempt to become social media influencers by purchasing fake followers and bots to boost their popularity.

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Nick Bilton

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HBO Documentary Films

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https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/fake-famous

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[vibrant operatic music] - Fake Famous

[vibrant operatic music]

[vocalizing] - Fake Famous

- It wasn't that long ago
that in order to get away - Fake Famous

- It wasn't that long ago that in order to get away

In fact, that pink wall - Fake Famous

In fact, that pink wall

They're from England,
and they paid $2,000 each - Fake Famous

They're from England, and they paid $2,000 each

- [singing Italian aria] - Fake Famous

- [singing Italian aria]

They're looking for this: - Fake Famous

They're looking for this:

[chorus singing in Italian] - Fake Famous

[chorus singing in Italian]

- [singing Italian aria] - Fake Famous

- [singing Italian aria]

It's a question
that everyone has been asked - Fake Famous

It's a question that everyone has been asked

For decades, when researchers
asked kids this, - Fake Famous

For decades, when researchers asked kids this,

Today kids in America say - Fake Famous

Today kids in America say

[tires squealing] - Fake Famous

[tires squealing]

- This is our first real day
in Tulum. - Fake Famous

- This is our first real day in Tulum.

- Had a really fun night
last night, - Fake Famous

- Had a really fun night last night,

- This is the new room
for the next three days. - Fake Famous

- This is the new room for the next three days.

Is that number-- - Fake Famous

Is that number--

I went to sleep realizing - Fake Famous

I went to sleep realizing

- There are
over 40 million people - Fake Famous

- There are over 40 million people

There are
over 100 million people - Fake Famous

There are over 100 million people

If they are, how can
over 140 million people-- - Fake Famous

If they are, how can over 140 million people--

[overlapping chatter] - Fake Famous

[overlapping chatter]

Now, we genuinely have no idea
how this is going to play out. - Fake Famous

Now, we genuinely have no idea how this is going to play out...

Can we get someone to, say,
10,000 followers, - Fake Famous

Can we get someone to, say, 10,000 followers,

Will their life change
for the better, - Fake Famous

Will their life change for the better,

- You can take Chris,
and you can take Sophia, - Fake Famous

- You can take Chris, and you can take Sophia,

- To start,
we put out a casting call - Fake Famous

- To start, we put out a casting call

- Then we put together a panel
of social media experts, - Fake Famous

- Then we put together a panel of social media experts,

- This is the day. - Fake Famous

- This is the day.

- Once we pick three people
from this group, - Fake Famous

- Once we pick three people from this group,

- All right,
could you just tell us - Fake Famous

- All right, could you just tell us

I am from southeast
Washington, D.C., - Fake Famous

I am from southeast Washington, D.C.,

- My name's Wylie,
I'm from Atlanta, Georgia, - Fake Famous

- My name's Wylie, I'm from Atlanta, Georgia,

I'm an assistant, - Fake Famous

I'm an assistant,

I do, like, real estate stuff
and personal stuff - Fake Famous

I do, like, real estate stuff and personal stuff

[laughter] - Fake Famous

- Thirsty men, - Fake Famous

- ♪ Mi piace è bello, bello ♪ - Fake Famous

- ♪ Mi piace è bello, bello ♪

- Absolutely.
[laughs] - Fake Famous

- Absolutely. [laughs]

- I wouldn't say "famous." - Fake Famous

- I wouldn't say "famous."

- I mean,
I guess all my life, - Fake Famous

- I mean, I guess all my life,

Like, all my life,
I been the biggest outcast - Fake Famous

Like, all my life, I been the biggest outcast

- I want to share
with people, like, - Fake Famous

- I want to share with people, like,

But I think I would be
more authentic - Fake Famous

But I think I would be more authentic

- And how many hours a day - Fake Famous

- And how many hours a day

- If I'm not working out, - Fake Famous

- If I'm not working out,

- Looking at people
in bathing suits, - Fake Famous

- Looking at people in bathing suits,

- I spend most of my time
looking at, like, - Fake Famous

- I spend most of my time looking at, like,

- I average 12. - Fake Famous

- I average 12.

- I would love to have
at least a million followers. - Fake Famous

- I would love to have at least a million followers.

I hung out with a girl
that has 1.3 million followers, - Fake Famous

I hung out with a girl that has 1.3 million followers,

She's, like, a little pop star, - Fake Famous

She's, like, a little pop star,

- That's kind of been actually
a big problem for me - Fake Famous

- That's kind of been actually a big problem for me

- It seems like nowadays - Fake Famous

- It seems like nowadays

[camera shutters snapping] - Fake Famous

[camera shutters snapping]

[laughs] - Fake Famous

[camera shutters snapping] - Fake Famous

[camera shutters snapping]

- If someone
snapped their fingers - Fake Famous

- If someone snapped their fingers

I will do anything if I get
to sit on a beach all day. - Fake Famous

I will do anything if I get to sit on a beach all day.

[laughter] - Fake Famous

[crowd screaming] - Fake Famous

[crowd screaming]

You can't touch it,
and yet it's more powerful - Fake Famous

You can't touch it, and yet it's more powerful

- Being famous is a little bit
like being a toddler - Fake Famous

- Being famous is a little bit like being a toddler

So I think the desire
to be famous - Fake Famous

So I think the desire to be famous

[crowd shouting] - Fake Famous

[crowd shouting]

And then as media expanded - Fake Famous

And then as media expanded

- That's when
we got reality TV, - Fake Famous

- That's when we got reality TV,

- Ah, [bleep]. Stop!
- [screams] - Fake Famous

- Ah, [bleep]. Stop! - [screams]

[wondrous music] - Fake Famous

[wondrous music]

As a reporter
for "The New York Times" - Fake Famous

As a reporter for "The New York Times"

Now as almost 4 billion people - Fake Famous

Now as almost 4 billion people

- We can make this foolproof
by picking the opera singer, - Fake Famous

- We can make this foolproof by picking the opera singer,

But they could easily end up - Fake Famous

But they could easily end up

[camera shutter snaps] - Fake Famous

[camera shutter snaps]

I just spilt yogurt...
on my crotch area. - Fake Famous

I just spilt yogurt... on my crotch area.

[camera shutter snaps] - Fake Famous

[camera shutter snaps]

I moved to LA
right after college - Fake Famous

I moved to LA right after college

My agent was just like, - Fake Famous

My agent was just like,

I think you
should be doing it." - Fake Famous

I think you should be doing it."

[electronic chirp] - Fake Famous

[electronic chirp]

I get cast a lot as, like,
angsty teen. - Fake Famous

I get cast a lot as, like, angsty teen.

[ethereal music] - Fake Famous

[ethereal music]

Still waiting
for my big break. - Fake Famous

Still waiting for my big break.

Both: He sent a stranger
to take me to the doctor? - Fake Famous

Both: He sent a stranger to take me to the doctor?

- Not exactly a stranger,
so... - Fake Famous

- Not exactly a stranger, so...

[gentle piano music] - Fake Famous

[gentle piano music]

Oh, I'd love to be
a series regular on a TV show. - Fake Famous

Oh, I'd love to be a series regular on a TV show.

But I have not been, like,
auditioning every week, - Fake Famous

But I have not been, like, auditioning every week,

Absolutely when you're meeting
with an agent, - Fake Famous

Absolutely when you're meeting with an agent,

I used to think it was, like,
because of your efforts - Fake Famous

I used to think it was, like, because of your efforts

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Documentary follows an actress, fashion designer and real estate assistant who attempt to become social media influencers by purchasing fake followers and bots to boost their popularity.

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Director: Nick Bilton

Writer: Nick Bilton

Production: HBO Documentary Films

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 02 Feb 2021

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/fake-famous