The first images from Scoop, the film about the interview that brought down Prince Andrew

It promises to be one of the most anticipated films by fans of the British Crown. Scoop goes behind the scenes of the BBC interview that brought down Prince Andrew in 2019, caught up in the Epstein affair. The first images from the film, produced by Netflix, have been released and show how the interview scenes were faithfully recreated.

Inspired by the testimony of one of the BBC journalists, the film tells how Newsnight landed this interview with Prince Andrew, played by Rufus Sewell. In the chair opposite, the daring character of journalist Emily Maitlis is played by Gillian Anderson.

The first published photographs show Sewell and Anderson chatting in a recreation of Buckingham Palace, where the interview took place.

The son of Queen Elizabeth II was seeking to regain media stature at the time, but the interview ultimately had the opposite effect. During the interview, Prince Andrew testified to his friendship for Jeffrey Epstein and denied having had sexual relations with Virginia Giuffre, aged 17 at the time of the facts, who accused him of sexual violence.

“From the tense negotiations between editor Sam McAlister and Buckingham Palace, to Emily Maitlis's breathtaking confrontation with the prince, Scoop takes us inside the story, with the women who would stop at nothing to get it,” we can read in the synopsis.

The production is based on the book Scoops - Behind the Scenes of the BBC's Most Shocking Interviews by former Newsnight editor Sam McAlister. The release date of the film has not yet been communicated but it could be broadcast on Netflix in the spring according to BBC.