Remember Belle Gibson, the wellness influencer who used a fake cancer diagnosis to build an empire? Well, her truly baffling story is being used as the basis for upcoming Netflix limited series Apple Cider Vinegar.
For the uninitiated, Belle claimed to defy all odds by triumphing over terminal brain cancer using nothing but the power of healthy eating and wellness remedies.
Apple Cider Vinegar takes inspiration from the incredible true story of Gibson — here’s everything we know.
What is Apple Cider Vinegar about?
The Belle Gibson-inspired Netflix show is set around when Instagram first started.
The is the premise, according to Netflix, “Apple Cider Vinegar follows two young women who set out to cure their life-threatening illnesses through health and wellness, influencing their global online communities along the way. All of which would be incredibly inspiring if it were all true.
“This is a true-ish story based on a lie, about the rise and fall of a wellness empire; the culture that built it up and the people who tore it down.”
Is Apple Cider Vinegar about Belle Gibson?
The show is inspired by the novel, The Woman Who Fooled the World by Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano where it explains how Belle Gibson conned the world that she healed her “cancer” with a healthy diet.
“Samantha Strauss has created a series that is searing in its comment but entertaining at its very core. It’s complex, it’s got bounce and it’s got bite, and we love it,” executive producers Liz Watts and Louise Gough said.
Samantha is an award-winning Australian writer (Nine Perfect Strangers) who is scripting the show with Anya Beyersdorf and Angela Betzien.
Who is in the cast of Apple Cider Vinegar?
On December 14, Netflix unveiled the all-star cast which includes TV Week Gold Logie nominee Mark Coles Smith, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart‘s Alycia Debnam-Carey and The Bold Type star Aisha Dee.
Joining them are Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick, Unbelievable), Tilda Cobham-Hervey (The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart) and Ashley Zukerman (Succession).
Additional cast joining them includes, Susie Porter (Irreverent, Wentworth), Matt Nable (Transfusion, Last King of the Cross), Phoenix Raei (The Night Agent), Chai Hansen (Night Sky, The New Legends of Monkey), Rick Davies (Offspring), Kieran Darcy-Smith (Mr Inbetween), Catherine McClements (Total Control) and Essie Davis (One Day, The Babadook).
When will Apple Cider Vinegar be released?
According to Screenhub, the Belle Gibson inspired Netflix show Apple Cider Vinegar began filming on location in Melbourne in late 2023.
It is expected that filming has already wrapped considering Kaitlyn would likely be needed in Canada for the second sethason of The Last of Us.
The show will premiere globally on Netflix in 2025, let’s hope it’s sooner rather than later!
Watch the Apple Cider Vinegar trailer
The trailer has finally been released and you can watch it below!
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