Prince Andrew’s Disastrous Epstein Interview Becomes a Netflix Movie

19659001 Almost 5 years after the 19459003 infamous 2019 BBC Newsnight 19459005 interview 19459006 in which 19459007 Prince Andrew 19459008 protected his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the Windsor’s greatest public bad move– after which he was required to” 19459009 go back from any public work as a senior royal– is 19459010 ending up being a motion picture Netflix has actually debuted the very first trailer for 19459004 Scoop, a movie starring 19459007 Rufus Sewell as Prince Andrew (at one point Hugh Grant was 19459012 apparently on the list 19459006 for the function) and Gillian Anderson 19459008 as recruiter 19659003 Emily Maitlis 19659004 The script, composed by Your Honor ‘s 19459007 Peter Moffat, is based upon the book 19459004 Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews 19459005 by previous 19459004 Newsnight manufacturer Sam McAlister, 19459008 who is played by 19459007 Billie Piper 19459008 in the movie. 19459004 The Crown 19459005’s 19459007 Philip Martin 19459008 directs a cast that likewise includes 19459007 Romola Garai as BBC editor Esme Wren 19459008 and Keeley Hawes 19459008 as Andrew’s personal secretary, Amanda Thirsk. 19659005 The bombshell sit-down, which was apparently provided the consent by Queen Elizabeth II, aired simply months after Epstein– the effective investor who pleaded guilty to getting minor sex in 2008– was discovered dead 19459006 in his prison cell while waiting for trial on federal sex trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide. Speaking with Maitlis, Andrew declared that he had no recollection of ever fulfilling Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the lady who 19459015 declared that Epstein required her to make love with Andrew, and rejected all allegations versus him. (Prince Andrew settled with Giuffre out of court for a reported amount of 12 million pounds.) 19659006 There was 19459017 an avalanche of fallout 19459006 in the weeks that followed. The 19659008 Times UK reported that Prince Andrew’s PR advisor, 19459007 Jason Stein, 19459008 resigned 2 weeks before the interview due to the fact that he had actually cautioned the prince versus taking part in it. A source near the palace informed 19459004 The 19659009 Times they think that the interview will “decrease as one of the single worst PR relocations in current history.” 19459017 Numerous charities 19459006 associated with the Duke of York distanced themselves, culminating in his main choice to go back from public responsibilities as a royal. 19659010 “It was disastrous,” a pal of Andrew’s 19459003 informed Vanity Fair 19459005’s Mark Seal 19659011 in 2022. “It was a crescendo of scaries; it simply became worse and even worse and even worse.” Scoop hits Netflix on April 5. Simone Biles Talks Marriage, WAG Life, and the Paris Olympics 19659014 Find out more