David Beckham Says Netflix Documentary Made Him and Victoria ‘Nervous’: ‘I Hated Almost Every Moment of Making It’
variety.comK.J. Yossman David Beckham has opened up about the process of embarking on his Emmy award-winning documentary “Beckham,” saying the idea of it made him “nervous.” “It worried me and it made me nervous and it made Victoria nervous,” Beckham said of the four-part doc, which dropped on the streamer last year and quickly became a hit. “I hated almost every moment of making it…it was very difficult.” “It was really difficult and it took me a long time to come to terms with the fact that I was going to make it but there was a few reasons why we wanted to make it,” he continued. “When I retired I wasn’t ready to talk about my career and what had happened.
Through the pandemic it’s when documentaries really exploded and it was coming up to the 10-year anniversary of my retirement from football.” “As much as people think they know everything about us they don’t really and we don’t really let those doors open to our house but I knew it was the right time and then telling the story.” Beckham was speaking at the Royal Television Society conference in London on Tuesday afternoon, where the audience was comprised mostly of producers, commissioners and other TV industry professionals.
The former England soccer captain has moved into production in recent years, with the launch of his company Studio 99, which produced “Beckham.” The four-part wall gave viewers unprecedented access into the footballer’s personal archives as well as interviews with him, his friends and family.
One scene, in which he teased his wife Victoria Beckham over whether or not she’s really “working class” went viral. One of the company’s next projects is an as-yet untitled documentary focusing on Victoria for Netflix.
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