LONDON—As the past few weeks have shown, British royalty and the media can be an explosive mix.
Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell star in Scoopon Netflix, which chronicles the disastrous interview Prince Andrew had with the BBC following a sex scandal.The absence of the Princess of Wales after abdominal surgery in January sparked uncontrolled online speculation that was first heightened by the release of a manipulated photo, then eased by a video statement from Kate disclosing that she is being treated for cancer.
The feature-length drama is a return to royal themes for The X-Files and Sex Education star Anderson, who played a leading role in series four of The Crown, albeit as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, not as a member of the House of Windsor. Anderson says the “complex” relationship between royalty and media needs reassessment.
He claimed he couldn’t have been at a nightclub with his accuser on an alleged date because he was at a suburban Pizza Express restaurant with his daughter Princess Beatrice. He couldn’t have been sweating on the dancefloor because an “overdose of adrenaline’’ during his time as a helicopter pilot in the 1982 Falklands War had left him unable to perspire.
Andrew initially thought the interview had been a great success, even giving Maitlis a tour of Buckingham Palace after it was recorded. “In order to maintain the idea of himself, he needs someone to play along,” said the British actor, recently seen as a mischief-making ambassadorial spouse in The Diplomat on Netflix.
Scoop is the first of two TV dramas based on the interview. Amazon’s rival miniseries A Very Royal Scandal is due later this year, with Michael Sheen as Andrew and Ruth Wilson as Maitlis.
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