The actress will play reporter Emily Maitlis in a feature film about the eventful exchange, Netflix announced on Tuesday, January 7.
It all begins with the death of the billionaire in his prison cell in August 2019. The whirlwind of the Jeffrey Epstein case, the businessman accused of sexually assaulting young underage girls, caught Prince Andrew in its path and accelerated the fall. the latter. The former Duke of York is indeed being accused by a woman named Virginia Giuffre that he molested her when she was 17, and it’s through Jeffrey Epstein. Since then, the father of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie has withdrawn his military affiliation and royal patronage in January 2022.
Netflix has announced the release of a film about Prince Andrew’s “disastrous” interview. (Posted on January 7, 2023). Screenshot Instagram/@netflixuk
“The Scoop of the Decade”
And this, despite his attempt to rehabilitate his image by giving an interview to the BBC’s Newsnight program in mid-November 2019. Saxon Press. The interview caused such a stir that it inspired Netflix to make a feature film on the subject. On Tuesday, January 7th, the platform did indeed announce that a film about this eventful interview was in the works.
A program prepared by Philip Martin (The crown) and titled Scoopin which Gillian Anderson (Sexual education) will slip into the announcer’s shoes, and Rufus Sewell (Kaleidoscope) in the fallen trout. The making of the film, which will tell the journey of the women who broke through the barriers of Buckingham Palace to receive the tragic demise of the Queen’s ‘beloved son’.
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Power and Privileges
In turn, the director stated in a press release that it will be a “paced, immersive and cinematic” feature film. So he intends to “immerse the public back into the heart of this breathtaking series of events that led to the interview with Prince Andrew; to tell a story about the search for answers, in a world of speculation and different memories.”
“It’s a film about power, privilege, different perspectives and how we judge what’s right, whether in glittering palaces or modern newsrooms,” he added. A chance to revisit the many mistakes Prince Andrew made during the 2019 interview. After denying the sexual assault allegations against her, she later returned to her friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Evening at the night club
He particularly emphasized how much the latter opened doors for him. “The people I met, whether through him or because of him, were really very helpful,” said the former duke. If he expressed his regret for his cooperation with Jeffrey Epstein, moreover, he assured that he “does not remember meeting” his accuser, Virginia Giuffre.
He also denied sexually assaulting her or even dancing with her in a nightclub, insisting that he couldn’t have broken a sweat that night (as she recounted). Thus, he announced that he was suffering from a medical condition that made it impossible to sweat. A defense that did not convince Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged victims, to whom he also did not apologize.
In the video, Prince Andrew called the passage of Elizabeth II’s coffin in Edinburgh “old perversion”.
Source: Le Figaro
