A primary-look picture of actor Rufus Sewell in character as Prince Andrew has been revealed.

It comes forward of the discharge of a brand new Netflix drama detailing the story behind the Duke of York's notorious BBC Newsnight interview in November 2019.

A trailer for the upcoming movie Scoop exhibits Sewell, in character because the duke, sitting down with co-star Gillian Anderson, who performs the journalist Emily Maitlis.

In one other scene, Billie Piper, enjoying Newsnight producer Sam McAlister, is in discussions with Sewell's Andrew when she refers to him as "Randy Andy".

The movie, based mostly on McAlister's e book Scoops, paperwork the "high stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace" by to the BBC's interview with Andrew.

In actual life, the royal took half amid intense criticism of his friendship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

However, the interview was dubbed a "car crash", with commentators questioning the duke's responses and condemning his unsympathetic tone and lack of regret.

Following the interview, the duke stepped again from public life, saying the scandal had turn into a "major disruption" to the Royal Family.

He later agreed a monetary settlement with Epstein sufferer Virginia Giuffre, who had accused him of sexual assault in a US civil case.

As a part of the out-of-court settlement, Prince Andrew, who at all times strongly rejected claims of wrongdoing, accepted no legal responsibility.

As properly as Anderson and Piper, Scoop options Bodyguard star Keeley Hawes as considered one of Andrew's advisers, whereas Sex Education star Connor Swindells performs a member of the press.

Netflix launched its first trailer for the movie final month wherein viewers have been launched to Anderson as Maitlis.

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Maitlis, who left the BBC in 2022 and now hosts a podcast, has already served as an govt producer of a Channel 4 documentary concerning the interview.

Another drama concerning the interview, a sequence referred to as A Very Royal Scandal, starring Michael Sheen as Andrew and Ruth Wilson as Maitlis, can be within the works.

Scoop can be launched on Netflix on 5 April.

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