David Beckham Says ‘It Wasn’t Easy’ to Convince Victoria Beckham to Do Her Own Netflix Docuseries, but It’s ‘Really Special’: ‘It’s So Emotional and the Drama’s Real’

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David Beckham previewed Victoria Beckham’s upcoming Netflix docuseries at MIP London on Tuesday, telling the streamer’s chief content officer Bela Bajaria that “it’s really special” — but getting the former Spice Girl to participate, even after the success of his “Beckham” doc, took some convincing. “It took a minute to try and get her to agree with it,” the former soccer star and Emmy-winning producer said. “It wasn’t something that was easy.

I think I’m the only one who could convince her and I did, eventually.” Beckham said that viewers will see Victoria “in a different light” in the upcoming doc, which hails from his Studio 99 banner is being helmed by “Becoming” director Nadia Hallgren.

The as-yet-untitled series started production in August and will follow Beckham’s journey from Spice Girls superstardom in the ‘90s to modern fashion maven with her eponymous brand. “My wife is one of the hardest working women that I know, and she’s been building her business for the last 20 years,” Beckham said. “There’s so many different elements of this documentary that people are going to be surprised with … I suppose some people probably think she started this brand and it came very easy, but she’s been working for a long time.” He added, “I think it’s going to be really special.

It’s so emotional, there’s drama — and the drama’s real.” Beckham then described a particularly tense scene that took place at last year’s Paris Fashion Week, saying: “I turned up, like I always do, the night before to see the venue and do the walk through with her.