Pictures show Kaitlyn Dever on the set of the Belle Gibson series
Wearing Ugg Boots and with rollers in her hair, photos reveal rising Hollywood star Kaitlyn Dever playing the cancer conwoman in the Netflix production.
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The scandalous story of cancer conwoman Belle Gibson was being recreated in St Kilda on Tuesday with rising Hollywood star Kaitlyn Dever playing the disgraced wellness warrior.
Dever, 26, whose credits include roles in Dopesick, Unbelievable, Booksmart, Last Man Standing, Justified and No One Will Save You, was snapped in a robe covering a white lace dress, with her hair in large rollers and wearing Ugg Boots as she waited on Fitzroy Street between scenes.
The name ‘Belle’ on the door to her star wagon dressing room didn’t hide who the main character was.
Filming of what is understood to be a six part drama series for Netflix, was based for the day at The George complex.
Filming took place in Canterbury on Monday.
Given wine glasses were being assembled by a props team and a long row of extras was waiting to file into the venue, it seems as though the scene being shot revolved around an event or celebration.
Filming of the project, known by the working title of Apple Cider Vinegar, started earlier this month with production expected to continue until February.
Netflix is yet to confirm, or make any official announcement, about the project.
The Sunday Herald Sun exclusively revealed two weeks ago that Netflix was working on a Belle Gibson drama to be shot in Melbourne.
The series is being produced by See-Saw Films.
Gibson played out her cancer scam between 2013 – 2015 and the bizarre saga has been of fascination to documentary makers and now drama producers in recent years.
Then a young mum in 2013, Gibson claimed she had multiple cancers, including brain cancer, and was successfully managing them through diet, exercise, natural medicine and natural therapies.
She launched a hugely successful App, landed a book deal and published a cookbook through which she spouted her beliefs, recipes, and what she claimed was her life story.
But when she failed to come good on a promised charitable donation people started to look into her claims and her story fell apart.
In 2015, in an interview with The Australian Women’s Weekly and then 60 Minutes, Gibson admitted to having made up her cancer claims.
Consumer Affairs Victoria went after her and was ordered in 2017 by the Federal Court of Australia to pay $410,000.
In 2020 she resurfaced claiming to have been adopted by the Ethiopian community in Melbourne after volunteering for four years. A community leader quickly shut down her claims.
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