The Netflix movie, that includes The Diplomat‘s Rufus Sewell because the royal, arrives April 5
Amid on-line conspiracies round Kate Middleton’s whereabouts, Netflix has launched a trailer for its new movie a couple of well-known “automotive crash” interview with one other member of the royal household. The streaming large has provided a brand new have a look at Scoop, which tells the behind-the-scenes story of Prince Andrew‘s notorious 2019 BBC Newsnight interview about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Impressed by true occasions, the movie delves into BBC producer Sam McAlister’s (Billie Piper) negotiations with Buckingham Palace, which led to the Emily Maitlis-anchored (Gillian Anderson) interview. In the course of the outstanding dialog, she grilled Andrew (Rufus Sewell) about his relationship with the late, convicted intercourse offender, in addition to the sexual assault allegations leveled in opposition to him.
Based mostly on McAlister guide of the identical identify, the movie additionally stars Keeley Hawes as Andrew’s former non-public secretary Amanda Thirsk and Romola Garai as BBC editor Esme Wren.
Within the authentic November 2019 interview, Andrew mentioned understanding Epstein had “some significantly helpful outcomes” following Andrew’s departure from the Navy. He additionally revealed that he’d spoken with Epstein’s ex-girlfriend and affiliate Ghislaine Maxwell earlier that yr.
Maybe most infamously, the Duke of York responded to allegations made by Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, who mentioned she met, dined, danced, and later had intercourse with Andrew when she was 17 in 2001. Andrew denied Giuffre’s “very particular” allegations that he sweated on her at a London nightclub as a result of he mentioned he had a medical situation that didn’t permit him to sweat. He additionally claimed he’d spent that day together with his daughter at a pizza restaurant, as an alternative. Andrew settled the sexual assault go well with with Guiffre in 2022.
Netflix’s The Crown notably tackled one other heavily-watched BBC/Royal Household interview, this one with Princess Diana, through which she shared intimate particulars about her struggles with postnatal despair, bulimia, and her husband’s affair with now Queen Camilla. The Crown producer Philip Martin directed Scoop.
