Emily Maitlis breaks silence on new Netflix drama Scoop based on her interview with Prince Andrew

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Emily Maitlis has damaged her silence on the new Netflix drama Scoop, based on her notorious interview with Prince Andrew.

The movie, launched on Friday (5 April), depicts the occasions behind the Duke of York’s car-crash sit down with the BBC broadcaster, performed by Gillian Anderson.

“I’ve left them very much to do their own thing because I think the last thing they want is me peeking around the edges offering my [views],” Maitlis advised Deadline.

The Newsnight host can also be govt producer of a rival three-part Amazon sequence about the identical interview, which is able to star Ruth Wilson as Maitlis.

“It says it’s based on a fictional account, so I think it goes into different places and it does different things [to the Amazon series],” she defined.

Her spokesperson later clarified that the time period “fictional account” was supposed to explain the sequence as a ”dramatisation”.

The prince was grilled over his friendship with convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein in addition to his relationship with Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was 17. Andrew has at all times strongly denied all claims.

The disclaimer utilized by Netflix is: “This film is based on real events – however certain elements have been fictionalized for dramatic purposes.”

Maitlis confirmed that she hasn’t watched the film but, however would “get around to it at some stage”, including she was “very excited” concerning the movie and her former colleague Sam McAlister had taken the story to “brand new heights”.

She additionally denied that the Netflix and Amazon initiatives have been rivals, stating that the duel was “probably overplayed, overstated”.

She added: “This [the Amazon series] will be a very different beast. I’m sure there’s room for both,” she added. “It’s unreal that there is all this interest and all this excitement.”

Netflix’s Scoop is based on the e-book Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews by former Newsnight producer Sam McAlister, who’s performed within the movie by Billie Piper.