Netflix’s new success character is inspired by Jessica Ainscough, a magazine editor who promoted alternative cancer treatments
Apple cider It is the newest success of Netflix. Launched in early February, the series is already among the most watched productions of the streaming platform and reached 80% approval on the criticism site Rotten Tomatoes.
The production created by Samantha Strauss is inspired by a real story and accompanies the Australian influencer Belle Gibson (Kaitlyn Duty), who pretended to have cancer to earn fame and money.
It attracts thousands of followers and publishes an app and a bestseller book. However, as popularity grows, doubts begin to emerge about the veracity of Gibson. In the end, investigations reveal that she never had cancer.
The six episodes of the miniseries are made from the book The Woman Who Fooled the World (in free translation, “the woman who deceived the world”, still without Brazilian edition), released in 2017 by journalists BEAU DONELLY and Tuscan Nickwho unmasked the network of lies of the influencer.
For being inspired by a real story, Apple cider It has left some curious spectators about what is true and what is fiction in the plot.
Who is Milla Blake
Milla Blake (Alycia Debnam-Carey) is one of the prominent characters beyond the protagonist. Despite not having existed in real life, she is inspired by the magazine publisher JESSICA AINSCOUGH.
Like this Milla Do it in the series, Jessica was diagnosed with cancer and abandoned treatment to resort to alternative methods and without scientific proof, including Hirsch Institute “That in real life is called Gerson,” which she claimed to have worked.
Similarly to what is portrayed in Apple cider, JESSICA AINSCOUGH He decided to publicize the initiative on a blog that became popular throughout Australia. In the true history, Ainscough and Gibson they met, since they attended the same circles of well-being, but did not feed a rivalry as it is portrayed in the production of Netflix.
What happened to Jessica Ainscough (the real Milla Blake)
Unfortunately, the history of JESSICA AINSCOUGH It is similar to that of Milla Blake in Apple vinegar. She died of cancer in 2015 at the age of 29, about five years after the diagnosis. Some time earlier, her mother also abandoned conventional treatment and died victim of the disease.
Another real fact in the production of Netflix It is the invasion in the funeral of Ainscough. As shown in the series, Belle Gibson He appeared at the influencer’s funeral to show “that he was more shaken than anyone,” according to journalists.
According to NetflixThe story aims to show that miraculous and supposedly effective and natural promises released on the Internet can be dangerous.
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