Rufus Sewell will play Prince Andrew in Netflix’s upcoming movie Scoop on the royal’s 2019 interview on BBC’s Newsnight with Emily Maitlis. Gillian Anderson, Billie Piper and Keeley Hawes have additionally been introduced as a part of the forged. The movie relies on the e book Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews by producer Sam McAlister who landed Prince Andrew’s interview. Peter Moffat is adapting the memoir for the fictional drama. (Also learn: Prince Andrew’s tribute to the Queen: ‘Dear mummy, mother, your majesty, 3 in 1’)
Gillian Anderson will play interviewer Emily Maitlis, whereas Billie Piper will play Sam. Keeley Hawes performs Amanda Thirsk, Prince Andrew’s former non-public secretary. Scoop is anticipated to start filming later this Month in London, England. Hugh Grant was beforehand connected to the challenge for the position of Prince Andrew. The interview, which aired in November 2019, discovered the royal attempting to clarify his relationship with late convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was discovered lifeless in jail three months earlier than.
Prince Andrew spoke about his affiliation with Jeffrey and expressed some remorse about persevering with his friendship after the financier admitted to soliciting underage intercourse in 2008. But the royal additionally acknowledged that he made connections by way of Jeffrey that had been “actually very useful”. He additionally denied that he had relations with Virginia Giuffre, who claimed she was compelled to have intercourse with him at 17.
Since the one-hour interview, Prince Andrew has remained out of view from public life since May 2020, however efforts to revive his popularity proceed. Virginia filed a civil lawsuit over the alleged sexual assault within the New York; the lawsuit was settled out of court docket in February 2022.
Philip Martin, who additionally directed episodes of Netflix’s The Crown, will direct Scoop. In an announcement, he stated, “Uptempo, immersive and cinematic, I want to put the audience inside the breath-taking sequence of events that led to the interview with Prince Andrew – to tell a story about a search for answers, in a world of speculation and varying recollections. It’s a film about power, privilege and differing perspectives and how – whether in glittering palaces or hi-tech newsrooms – we judge what’s true.”
Source: www.hindustantimes.com