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Rufus Sewell admits his five word regret over accepting Prince Andrew role in Netflix's Scoop


Rufus Sewell has opened up about his decision to take on the role of Prince Andrew in the upcoming Netflix drama Scoop, which recreates the Duke of York's infamous BBC Newsnight interview

Rufus Sewell has shared his initial reaction to being offered the role of Prince Andrew in the upcoming Netflix drama, Scoop. Rufus Sewell has revealed his five-word response after agreeing to take on the role of Prince Andrew in new upcoming Netflix drama Scoop (Image: ITV)"I mean I watched at the time like everyone else, and was kind of transfixed you know for various reasons and like most people I had my own judgements but then doing it is a different thing and trying to put yourself in the position of someone like that, and work out [what] their reasoning and justification in their own head might be, because that's what people do." In the revealing chat, Rufus also mentioned the changes he made to look more like Prince Andrew, explaining: "I felt more comfortable working on it than thinking about it because when I thought about it, it was like 'If you get it wrong, what are people going to say?

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