A new picture of Gillian Anderson as broadcaster Emily Maitlis in Netflix film SCOOP has dropped.
Anderson will portray the Newsnight presenter in an upcoming movie focusing on Maitlis's infamous BBC interview with Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, in November 2019.
A new photo from the set shows Anderson in character as the journalist, as she goes for a run in a park.
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Directed by The Crown's Philip Martin, SCOOP will look at the interview and events leading up to it, and focuses on the women who made it happen, including Maitlis.
Maitlis questioned the duke following reports of his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and allegations made against him by Virginia Giuffre.
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The negative reception and widespread criticism of what the Duke of York said in the interview preceded his withdrawal from public life.
Alongside Anderson, SCOOP also stars The Man in the High Castle's Rufus Sewell as Prince Andrew, with Line of Duty's Keeley Hawes as Amanda Thirsk, his former private secretary.
I Hate Suzie's Billie Piper as Newsnight producer Sam McAlister, who secured the interview. The movie is based on her memoir, titled Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC's Most Shocking Interviews.
The film's official synopsis promises it will focus on "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'.
"From navigating Palace vetoes, to breaking through to Prince Andrew's inner circle, the high stakes negotiations and intensity of rehearsal – to the jaw-dropping interview itself."
SCOOP is currently in production, with a release date yet to be announced.
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