![]() 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 seriousness with which Emily, Esme and Sam were taking it, of course, was right.The Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew in November 2019 was certainly an unforgettable 58 minutes of TV. It was our one shot at looking at what Andrew had to say about Epstein. "What Andrew was going to say was going to be extremely relevant in court later… a real responsibility, particularly to Epstein’s women victims. Almost nobody inside the BBC could know about it for fear it would leak," Moffat explained. "Sam and those two extraordinary women, Emily and Esme, made the interview happen under real stress and pressure because once it was agreed it happened in secret. (Read an excerpt from Scoops here, including how Princess Beatrice was present for the negotiations.) In the book, McAlister details how the BBC secured the 2019 interview with Prince Andrew. McAlister's Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews came out this past fall. Moffat explained that Scoop is "about how the BBC’s Newsnight team got the scoop, then the actual filming of it," adding: "The other thing is, ‘why did he agree to do it?' How was it that he decided it was a good idea to do a great big long interview with Emily Maitlis on the BBC?" Rufus Sewell, who plays Prince Andrew, and an as-yet-unidentified actor, who plays Jeffery Epstein, were spotted filming together in April 2023: Amanda Redman will play Sam McAlister's mother.Lia Williams will play Fran Unsworth, BBC's former director of news.Charity Wakefield will play Andrew's daughter, Princess Beatrice. ![]() Connor Swindells will play Jae Donnelly, the photographer who took a photo of Prince Andrew in Central Park with Epstein.Billie Piper will play Sam McAlister, who negotiated the interview.Keely Hawes will play Amanda Thirsk, Andrew’s former private secretary.Gillian Anderson will play interviewer Emily Maitlis.Never heard of it." A few months later, Netflix announced: Rufus Sewell will star as the prince. Grant, however, soon tweeted, "No I'm not. ![]() Deadline first reported the news, sharing the film will be called Scoop and that Hugh Grant is one of the actors in the running to portray the disgraced Prince Andrew.
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