Emmy and BAFTA winner Philip Martin ( The Crown, Prime Suspect, Wallander, Mo) directs the project. SCOOP is produced by Hilary Salmon and Radford Neville ( Luther, The Night Of, MotherFatherSon) for The Lighthouse Film & Television, with Sanjay Singhal ( Bin Laden: The Road to 9/11, Trouble at Topshop) for Voltage TV. What makes someone tick? What are their motivations? And that was my job. "It was a year of negotiations that Emily Maitlis and Stuart who worked on the team are involved in as well. But not for 35 minutes in Buckingham Palace!" So I'm used to going into tales with people giving me slightly implausible ideas about why they may have not done crimes. I'm a criminal defence barrister by trade. And actually the hardest part was trying not to show any emotion. "During that Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew my jaw dropped about 30 seconds in and it remained like that for the hour. She also had to wear black relentlessly - usually she's much more powerful than I am in her fashion choices. That must have been very annoying, and I'm sure she wanted to take it off all the time. She's just been so fantastic and obviously, she had to wear a wig to have hair like mine. I mean, beyond your wildest dreams that you write a book about your experience, then you find that a movie is effectively being made about your life and you're being played by Billie Piper. Interview: Sam McAlister gives the lowdown on SCOOP and having Billie Piper play herĪt a recent Netflix event Sam McAlistair told us: "It's literally insane. The remaining cast of SCOOP has yet to be announced by Netflix but we'll update here as soon as we hear. (Image credit: Getty) Who else is starring in SCOOP? Rufus Sewell plays Prince Andrew Under pressure. 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." Uptempo, immersive and cinematic, I want to put the audience inside the breathtaking 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. SCOOP director Philip Martin says: "I’m thrilled to be directing this film for Netflix and, together with an extraordinary cast, to be bringing Sam McAlister’s revelatory insider’s account to the screen. The drama SCOOP focuses on the journalists whose tenacity and guts broke through the highest of ceilings right into the inner sanctum to show how they orchestrated a sensational interview with a man who had everything to lose. It chronicles the whole story of the interview, from navigating Palace vetoes to breaking through to Prince Andrew’s inner circle, through the high-stakes negotiations and intensity of rehearsal to the jaw-dropping interview itself. But SCOOP tells the story of the women who made it all happen. The Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew in November 2019 was certainly an unforgettable 58 minutes of TV.
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