The English actress, unforgettable Agent Scully from The X-Files, but with many other roles under her belt, plays the journalist Emily Maitlis in the film which reconstructs the story of the famous interview with Prince Andrew on the Epstein scandal. Scoop will be available for streaming from April 5th.
The case of Jeffrey Epsteinan American billionaire who ended up in prison for sexual abuse and international trafficking of minors, should be known to you, as should the fact that numerous well-known names in the world of finance, the media are suspected of being linked to Epstein and his “vices”. , in entertainment and in the international jet set.
Among these, the Prince Andrew, Duke of York, younger brother of King Charles of England, now disappeared from the public scene. If Andrea has disappeared from the public scene, it is because of a famous person interview aired on November 16, 2019 on BBC Twowithin the program Newsnight. An interview conducted by the journalist and presenter Emily Maitlis who, for almost an hour, grilled the Duke of York about his relationship with Epstein and his frequenting of his villas, making him leave, so to speak, with broken bones.
The story of how Maitlis and his team managed to get that interview, how they prepared it and how it was conducted is told by a film called Scoopand that we will be able to see in streaming on Netflix from April 5th.
Here's his official plot:
Inspired by real events, SCOOP is first-hand testimony to the tenacious journalism that made a shocking interview possible: the infamous chat with Prince Andrew on BBC Newsnight. From the tension of producer Sam McAlister's complex negotiations with Buckingham Palace, to the shocking forensic evidence with which Emily Maitlis challenges the prince, SCOOP takes us into the heart of history with the women who stopped at nothing. To get such an important interview, you have to dare.
In Scoop in the role of Emily Maitlis there is Gillian Anderson. Rufus Sewell plays Prince Andrew and Billie Piper producer Sam McAlister. There are also some in the cast Keeley Hawes, Connor Swindells, Romola Garai, Charity Wakefield and many others. Written by Peter Moffat based on Sam McAlister's book, “Scoops:The BBC's Most Shocking Interviews from Prince Andrew to Steven Seagal”, the film was directed by Philip Martinformer director, among other things, of seven episodes of the Netflix series which told the story of the English monarchy of the twentieth century, The Crown.
here is the new official Italian trailer for Scoop: