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FX’s seductive drama series The Shards, which is based on the eponymous novel by Bret Easton Ellis, premiered on August 5. It stars Cindy Crawford’s daughter Kaia Gerber, Evan Rachel Wood, Wes Bentley and Hayes Warner. Warner plays Debbie Schaffer, the girlfriend of protagonist Bret Ellis (Igby Rigney), who gets tired of the secrets surrounding Bret and his family.
But how exactly did Warner, who is also a pop singer, land the role in the erotic thriller adapted by Ryan Murphy? Read on to find out.
She wrote to Ryan Murphy to get the role

During a recent interview with Perfect magazine, the 27-year-old star revealed that she read the original novel a year before she learned about Murphy’s adaptation. She also told People how she instantly felt a connection with Debbie’s character after reading the book. “I didn’t let it go,” Warner told the magazine. “I read the book, and I immediately related to Debbie.”
In the same interview, Warner said she was “quite obsessive” about getting the role, even writing a letter directly to Murphy to express her feelings about the project. “It took the longest to cast Debbie, and they didn’t know what they wanted. And I went out, and I wrote Ryan a letter. I was like, ‘I am obsessed with your work and this book and this character, and I’ll do anything,’” the actress said.
How did Hayes Warner get into music?

While the role of Debbie in The Shards became Warner’s first professional acting gig, things are different in her music career. She wrote her debut single “Like You’re in Mine” when she was in secondary school, per Amplify Music Magazine. The pop singer first gained recognition in 2023, after her song “Breadcrumbs” went viral on TikTok. Later that year, she remastered the single in collaboration with social media personality Loren Gray.
The real breakthrough, however, happened in 2024, when Warner released her cover of No Doubt’s “Just a Girl”, featuring rapper Billy B and singer-songwriter Kevin Rudolf.
Today, Warner has over 50,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, with singles such as “Predator”, “Dead To Me” and “Oh!” among her breakout releases. Her music is also set to appear in The Shards, according to Disney+.
Is Hayes Warner dating anyone?

Warner prefers to keep her personal life private and doesn’t have a publicly known boyfriend now. However, she openly shares that her stand-out singles “Dead To Me” and “Breadcrumbs” stemmed from a personal experience of an ex-boyfriend cheating on her with her friend. “My sarcastic tone throughout the song is my way of expressing my anger and turning this super demeaning thing he did to me into an uplifting, funny event,” Warner told Hazze Media in 2023. “My sarcasm is me taking back my power.”


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Known for her TikTok hit ‘Breadcrumbs’, she stars in the erotic thriller adapted by Ryan Murphy, alongside Kaia Gerber and Evan Rachel Wood


Known for her TikTok hit ‘Breadcrumbs’, she stars in the erotic thriller adapted by Ryan Murphy, alongside Kaia Gerber and Evan Rachel Wood.


Meet Hayes Warner, the pop singer who makes her acting debut as Debbie in The Shards

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Known for her TikTok hit ‘Breadcrumbs’, she stars in the erotic thriller adapted by Ryan Murphy, alongside Kaia Gerber and Evan Rachel Wood

She wrote to Ryan Murphy to get the role

Known for her TikTok hit ‘Breadcrumbs’, she stars in the erotic thriller adapted by Ryan Murphy, alongside Kaia Gerber and Evan Rachel Wood