The story behind how the BBC obtained the bombshell interview with Prince Andrew about accusations against him and his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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The Prince Andrew interview with the BBC was certainly a truly incredible thing to witness, so much so that I actually watched it twice because after the first time I couldn’t believe it was actually real. Anyway this film is supposed to be how the BBC managed to get the interview in place.
Obviously this would only be one sided from the people who were actually involved with it from the BBC, as we will never know or find out how Prince Andrew was reacting in his home and anything about him would just be rumours. I mean we even get a warning about this being a dramatisation, yet it attempts to come across as a documentary style. It doesn’t actually try to give an explanation on how and or why the Palace thought airing the interview was a good idea.
With that I am not fully sure what it was trying to achieve as it had nowhere near the level of thrilling journalism as we have seen in many films over the years and just gave off less than average vibes in that sense. Also did we really need the image of being naked and getting out of the bath and just standing there (I know it’s not real, but come on we could have done without that).
The casting was pretty impressive though with Gillian Anderson taking on the role of Emily Maitlis, and does so in the best manner and keeps it very close to the actual interview. Rufus Sewell is unrecognisable as Prince Andrew and in such a scary way to be honest. I am sure I wasn’t the only one that thought his casting was very strange, but he more than pulls it off. Billie Piper was probably the standout from the cast though as Sam McAlister.
I can fully understand why Netflix decided to go for it with this film though as let’s face it that interview was the most watched for BBC Newsnight ever! The interest surrounding it all is still rather big as well.
