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Amazon MGM StudiosThe first photos have been launched of Michael Sheen taking part in Prince Andrew in a drama based mostly on his infamous Daily News interview.
The Welsh actor portrays the Duke of York in A Very Royal Scandal, when he spoke to Emily Maitlis on Daily News Two’s Newsnight.
The three-part drama, produced by Amazon MGM Studios, reveals how he declared his innocence following accusations about his involvement with Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was a youngster.
Alongside Sheen as Prince Andrew, the sequence stars Ruth Wilson as Emily Maitlis.
Amazon MGM StudiosMs Giuffre alleged that the incidents passed off in London, New York, and the Virgin Islands after being launched to the duke by convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.
This isn’t the primary time the interview has been tailored for the massive display, with Netflix’s Scoop starring Rufus Sewell as Prince Andrew and Gillian Anderson as Emily Maitlis having already been launched.
Sheen is thought for his transformative performances, and has put his personal spin on figures similar to TV presenters David Frost, in Frost/Nixon, and Chris Tarrant within the ITV drama Quiz, and soccer supervisor Brian Clough in The Damned United.
A Very Royal Scandal is alleged to be no completely different, with Sheen reflecting Prince Andrew’s mannerisms.
The actor is thought for combining performing with activism on points similar to homelessness, and earlier this yr directed and starred in Daily News Wales’ The Way, a fictional story set in his residence city of Port Talbot and its threatened steelworks.
Amazon MGM StudiosA Very Royal Scandal is the newest in Amazon’s Scandal sequence, which has seen the net streamer collaborate with the Daily News on A Very British Scandal and A Very English Scandal.
Amazon MGM Studios mentioned the sequence would show “the power of journalism through a pivotal moment in British history.”
Amazon MGM StudiosThe forged additionally contains Joanna Scanlan as Amanda Thirsk, Alex Jennings as Sir Edward Young, Éanna Hardwicke as Stewart Maclean and Claire Rushbrook as Sarah Ferguson.
A Very Royal Scandal will debut on Prime Video on 19 September.
