Netflix has revealed it has cast Gillian Anderson to play former BBC news anchor Emily Maitlis in “Scoop,” a film about Prince Andrew’s disastrous “Newsnight” intervie…
while Billie Piper and Keeley Hawes join as TV producer Sam McAlister, who negotiated and secured the interview, and Andrew’s former private secretary Amanda Thirsk, respectively.
Emmy and BAFTA winner Philip Martin will direct the project while Hilary Salmon and Radford Neville will produce for The Lighthouse and Sanjay Singhal produces for Voltage TV. In the interview, which Andrew is reported to have believed went well before it was broadcast, the prince sought to clear his name following his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and accusations of sexual assault, which had been made against him by one of Epstein’s victims, Virginia Guiffre. .
“It is beyond my wildest dreams, especially as a first time writer, to end up working with this extraordinary cast, Netflix, and the amazing teams at The Lighthouse and Voltage,” said McAlister. “Watching Billie Piper, one of my favourite actresses, play ‘me’ will be a pinch-myself moment and I’m truly thrilled to be involved in this film.”
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