“Apple Cider Vinegar,” Netflix‘s limited series about the fraudulent Australian influencer Belle Gibson premiering on Feb. 6, has a new trailer.
The official logline reads, “Set at the birth of Instagram, 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.” Netflix bills “Apple Cider Vinegar” as 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.”
In the trailer, Belle (Kaitlyn Dever) seeks out to meet Milla Blake (Alycia Debnam-Carey), a popular blogger who actually has cancer, though they soon become rivals. Milla’s friend Chanelle (Aisha Dee) tells Milla that Belle “just wants me to help her out a bit, professsionally.” Milla responds, “Of course she does. She’s competitive with me.” Belle is seen going through hospital imaging machines and developing a larger and larger following on Instagram. Later, on a phone call, Milla tells someone, “I want to destroy her.”
Besides 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.
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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 wrote the series alongside 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 serves as co-producer. VicScreen supported the Melbourne-based production through their Victorian Production. Post-Production took place in New South Wales with support through Screen NSW and their PDV Fund.