Rufus Sewell plays Prince Andrew in a new film about the royal’s infamous interview about his links to Jeffrey Epstein.
The 56-year-old ‘A Night’s Tale’ actor has been announced as the star to play the disgraced royal after the cast was confirmed in February 2023 alongside Gillian Anderson, 55, and Billie Piper, 41. will lead the cast in ‘Scoop’, which sees Andrew, 63, being accused at gunpoint on BBC Newsnight.
The interview took place in November 2019, when the royal family spoke to journalist Emily Maitlis, 53, about her relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Gillian plays Emily, a journalist, and Billy plays Sam McAllister, who negotiates and secures the interview.
Rufus is best known for his roles in the film The Holiday and television’s The Diplomat and The Man in the High Castle.
The film is based on Sam McAllister’s memoir Scoop: Behind the Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews, and Netflix announced on Monday (5 February 24, 5) that Rufus will be creepy as he recreates his Newsnight seats. He released the first image that looks exactly like Andrew. -under.
Rufus ditched his black hair for the role and went for a cropped gray cut to mirror Andrew’s style.
“Scoop” also stars Keeley Hawes, 47, who plays Amanda Thirsk, Prince Andrew’s former private secretary.
The new film’s synopsis describes an “inside manhunt” of “women who breached Buckingham Palace’s premises in order to gain the scoop on the decade that led to the disastrous downfall of the Queen’s ‘favorite son’.” It is written that it is written.
“From bypassing the Palace’s veto, to the breakthrough into Prince Andrew’s inner circle, to the intensity of the high-stakes negotiations and rehearsals, to the jaw-dropping interview itself, ‘Scoop’ provides the inside scoop on the inner workings of the Palace and the Prince of Wales. This is an internal report,” he added. The BBC, two bastions of the British establishment, spotlighted the journalists whose tenacity and guts allowed them to break through the highest ceilings and delve into the inner sanctum and calculations of a man with everything to lose. ”