A HOLLYWOOD heartthrob is unrecognisable as Prince Andrew in a new Netflix film about the car crash Newsnight interview.
In February last year it was confirmed that Gillian Anderson and Billie Piper would lead the cast in Scoop, tracking Prince Andrew’s interview with Newsnight about Jeffrey Epstein.
Back in November 2019, the Royal sat down with journalist Emily Maitlis to discuss his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Scoop will detail the behind-the-scenes account of the “news interview of the decade”, with an all-star cast as the key players.
While Gillian will play journalist Emily, and Billie will portray Sam McAllister, who negotiated and secured the bombshell interview, Prince Andrew will be brought to the screen by Rufus Sewell.
Rufus, 56, is best known for his roles in films like The Holiday and A Knight’s Tale as well as TV shows including The Diplomat and The Man in the High Castle.
But to portray Prince Andrew, Rufus has ditched his head of dark salt and pepper curls and replaced it with a short, grey cut to resemble the disgraced Royal.
The Scoop cast also sees Keeley Hawes play Amanda Thirsk, the former Private Secretary to Prince Andrew.
The film is based on Sam McAllister’s memoir, Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC‘s Most Shocking Interviews.
The newly released Netflix trailer for Scoop shows Gillian Anderson as Emily strutting towards the camera as the TV crew prepares to capture what became one of the nation’s most shocking interviews of all time.
Meanwhile, Sam McAllister marches through the newsroom, and later, she is heard planning the meeting at the palace.
While in the toilet preparing herself for one of the most extensive interviews the BBC has obtained, Emily is interrupted by Sam, as they lock eyes, knowing just how big the story would get.
The preparations are massive, and tensions are high as everyone around the interview room holds their breath for the interview, which broke the internet.
As the trailer ends, Emily is clearly under pressure as she looks directly into Prince Andrew’s nervous eyes, presses play on her recorder, and exhales, ” Your Royal Highness. ”
The newly released Netflix trailer for Scoop shows Gillian Anderson as Emily strutting towards the camera as the TV crew prepares to capture what became one of the nation’s most shocking interviews of all time.
Meanwhile, Sam McAllister marches through the newsroom, and later, she is heard planning the meeting at the palace.
While in the toilet preparing herself for one of the most extensive interviews the BBC has obtained, Emily is interrupted by Sam, as they lock eyes, knowing just how big the story would get.
The preparations are massive, and tensions are high as everyone around the interview room holds their breath for the interview, which broke the internet.
As the trailer ends, Emily is clearly under pressure as she looks directly into Prince Andrew’s nervous eyes, presses play on her recorder, and exhales, ” Your Royal Highness. “
The film synopsis for Scoop reads: “The inside track of the women that broke through the Buckingham Palace establishment to secure the scoop of the decade that led to the catastrophic fall from grace of The Queen’s ‘Favourite son’.
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“From navigating Palace vetoes, to breaking through to Prince Andrew’s inner circle, the high stakes negotiations and intensity of rehearsal – to the jaw dropping interview itself, Scoop is the insider account of the inner workings of the Palace and the BBC, twin bastions of the British Establishment, spotlighting the journalists whose tenacity and guts broke through the highest of ceilings – and into the inner sanctum and calculations of a man with everything to lose.”
When the film was confirmed last year, Sam said: “It is beyond my wildest dreams, especially as a first time writer, to end up working with this extraordinary cast, Netflix, and the amazing teams at The Lighthouse and Voltage.
“Watching Billie Piper, one of my favourite actresses, play “me” will be a pinch myself moment and I’m truly thrilled to be involved in this film.”
Scoop is directed by BAFTA winner Philip Martin, and he previously said: “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.”
