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Rufus Sewell reveals his performance as Prince Andrew in Scoop was inspired by The Office's David Brent as he tried to 'find the humour' in THAT car crash interview
Rufus Sewell has opened up about playing the role of Prince Andrew in his 2019 car crash Newsnight interview for Netflix's new dramatisation, Scoop.
The trailer begins with Sam announcing: 'An hour of television can change everything', before cutting to a montage of Emily presenting the news and the headlines about Prince Andrew's friendship with Epstein. The discussion, in which Andrew made a series of claims - including insisting he couldn't have been with Virginia at the time of the alleged encounter because he was dining at a Pizza Express in Woking and that a medical condition left him unable to sweat - has since gained notoriety and is widely acknowledged to have embarrassed the royals. Netflilx describes the production as portraying: 'The inside track of the women that broke through the Buckingham Palace establishment to secure the scoop of the decade that led to the catastrophic fall from grace of The Queen's 'Favourite son'.
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