Kaitlyn Dever's mother, who died of cancer last year, approved of Netflix's "Apple Cider Vinegar," a new series about a scammer who fakes cancer.

The is billed as a “true-ish story based on a lie" and is inspired by a 2017 book, “The Woman Who Fooled the World,” by two investigative journalists, Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano, who explored Gibson’s deception.

Apple Cider Vinegar's Kaitlyn Dever and Alycia Carey reflect on the complexities of their characters, which mirror each other. Read on to know the details.

Kaitlyn Dever plays Belle Gibson in Netflix’s new series, Apple Cider Vinegar, which shines a light on real-life Australian scammer Belle, who pretended she both had and cured a brain tumour using natural remedies. It seems the director always had Kaitlyn in mind for the role after she was offered the role without even having to audition.

This interview contains spoilers from "Apple Cider Vinegar," now streaming on Netflix. Stories about American scammers have proliferated the true-crime genre in recent years - Amanda Seyfried won an Emmy for portraying Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu's "The Dropout,

The actress plays Belle Gibson, an Australian wellness guru who claims to have cured her own terminal brain cancer through a healthy diet and other "natural" treatments.

Apple Cider Vinegar' creator Samantha Strauss tells IW about why she ended the show where she did and what happened to Belle Gibson after.

Netflix’s breakout series Apple Cider Vinegar tells the “true-ish” story of social media influencer Belle Gibson (Kaitlyn Dever), who falsely claims to cure her brain cancer with healthy living. But one of the most compelling characters is her partner Clive Rothwell (Succession's Ashley Zukerman),