‘Succession’ Star Reveals Leonardo DiCaprio Played Matchmaker With David Beckham For Netflix Doc
deadline.comParker Stevens, best known as the oleaginous comms man Hugo Baker in Succession, has revealed that Leonardo DiCaprio played matchmaker between him and David Beckham.
Stevens directed the upcoming four-part Netflix documentary series devoted to the life of the former footballer, and he told the Guardian newspaper that it was DiCaprio who suggested him to the star subject. “David was hanging out with Leo, and asked him who he should get,” he said. “He recommended me!
David watched Before the Flood then Palmer [the 2021 Apple TV+ drama starring Justin Timberlake] that I directed and saw something he liked – the emotion I guess.” Besides his acting career, Stevens has a strong pedigree in the documentary-making field.
He won an Oscar for his 2009 film about dolphin hunting in Japan, The Cove, and went on to work with DiCaprio on the climate crisis documentary Before The Flood.
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