Kaitlyn Dever fakes cancer as Belle Gibson
“Apple Cider Vinegar,” Netflix’s upcoming limited series about fraudulent Australian influencer Belle Gibson, has a new trailer.
The official logline reads: “Set at the birth of Instagram, Apple Cider Vinegar follows two young women who seek to cure their life-threatening diseases through health and wellness, impacting their global online communities along the way. All of this would be incredibly inspiring if it were all true.” Netflix bills “Apple Cider Vinegar” as a “true story based on a lie, about the rise and fall of a wellness empire; the culture that built it and the people who tore it down.”
In the trailer, Belle (Kaitlyn Dever) seeks out Milla Blake (Alycia Debnam-Carey), a popular blogger who actually has cancer, though they quickly become rivals. Milla’s friend Chanelle (Aisha Dee) tells Milla that Belle “just wants me to help her out a little professionally.” Milla replies, “Of course she does. She is competitive with me.” You’ll see Belle go through imaging machines in hospitals and develop a growing following on Instagram. Later, during a phone call, Milla tells someone, “I want to destroy her.”
In addition to Dever, Debnam-Carey and Dee, the cast includes Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Ashley Zukerman, Mark Coles Smith, Susie Porter, Matt Nable, Phoenix Raei, Chai Hansen, Rick Davies, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Catherine McClements and Essie Davis.
Based on the book “The Woman Who Fooled the World” by Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano, “Apple Cider Vinegar” was created by Samantha Strauss, who co-wrote the series with Anya Beyersdorf and Angela Betzien. Executive producers include Strauss and Louise Gough via Picking Scabs; Liz Watts, Helen Gregory, Emile Sherman and Iain Canning via See-Saw Films; and Kaitlyn Dever. Co-executive producers are director Jeffrey Walker and See-Saw’s Simon Gillis, while Yvonne Collins serves as producer and See-Saw’s Libby Sharpe as co-producer. VicScreen supported the Melbourne-based production through their Victorian production. Post-production took place in New South Wales with support from Screen NSW and their PDV Fund.
