ONE INTERVIEW CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING.

Much like Frost/Nixon (2008), this film tries to create high drama out of a television interview where a powerful person shows jaw-droppingly poor judgment in front of the whole nation, in this case Prince Andrew who in 2019 was about to face sexual assault charges.

What we get is an amusing and interesting dance between two camps with very different goals. The ”highlights” of the interview are meticulously recreated, the cast and crew nailing the awkward tension.

The portrait of producer Sam McAlister and her personal life can’t quite compete.

2024-U.K. VOD. 103 min. Color. Directed by Philip Martin. Screenplay: Peter Moffat, Geoff Bussetil. Book: Sam McAlister. Cast: Gillian Anderson (Emily Maitlis), Billie Piper (Sam McAlister), Rufus Sewell (Prince Andrew), Keeley Hawes, Romola Garai, Richard Goulding. 

Trivia: The story was also told in a limited series, A Very Royal Scandal (2024).