Billie Piper’s character can be seen telling Rufus Sewell, in character as the Duke of York, that he is referred to as ‘Randy Andy’ in public discourse in a new trailer for Netflix film Scoop.
The X Files actress Gillian Anderson stars as journalist Emily Maitlis in the film, which documents the “high stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace” through to the BBC’s headline-making interview with Andrew about his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.Doctor Who and Secret Diary Of A Call Girl actress Piper stars as Newsnight producer Sam McAlister and is seen with blonde curly hair and wide geometric sunglasses saying in a voiceover: “An hour of television can change everything.” During a meeting with the Newsnight crew in the trailer, Sewell’s Andrew asks: “If I do an interview, the question is, why you?”.McAlister responds saying: “With respect, you know how people see you”, to which Andrew says: “Spell it out”.McAlister says: “Randy Andy”.The trailer introduces Anderson in the studio alongside two female colleagues and a dog, quipping: “Three women and a whippet?
Wouldn’t have seen that in a BBC studio when I started.” Maitlis, who announced she was leaving the BBC in 2022 and now hosts The News Agents podcast, has a whippet called Moody and made headlines in 2019 when her dog was pictured sleeping alongside her on a train seat.The journalist retweeted the trailer on Monday and wrote: “That feeling of being upstaged by your own whippet … ( again )”.Also featured in the Scoop trailer is Bodyguard star Keeley Hawes as one of Andrew’s advisers, while Sex Education star Connor Swindells is depicted as a member of the press taking photos of the royal family member who has been swept up in the scandal.McAlis
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