The series will follow Maitlis’s journey as a Newsnight journalist, leading up to her interview with Prince Andrew. <\/p>
Emily Maitlis has admitted she felt \u201cterrified\u201d watching the filming of A Very Royal Scandal, which sees Ruth Wilson (The Woman in the Wall<\/a>) portray the journalist.<\/p>\n The casting for the Amazon Prime Video series was recently announced<\/a>, with Michael Sheen (Good Omens<\/a>) starring as Prince Andrew and Wilson helming the cast.<\/p>\n Further cast includes Joanna Scanlan (After Love<\/a>) as Amanda Thirsk, Alex Jennings (This Is Going to Hurt<\/a>) as Sir Edward Young and \u00c9anna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment<\/a>) as Stewart Maclean.<\/p> The three-part drama will explore Prince Andrew\u2019s Newsnight interview, and Emily Maitlis has shared what it was like having her story told on screen.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt terrified, obviously. Some of the scenes are quite poignant,\u201d Maitlis explained on The News Agents<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n She continued:\u00a0\u201cYou suddenly remember you\u2019re dealing with people\u2019s lives again, and it is kind of weird thing. I don\u2019t mean to be all po-faced, but it is a bit weird like that. But an amazing cast.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n When asked how it feels to be played by Ruth Wilson, who often plays troubled characters, Maitlis joked: \u201cI normally see her sort of clutching her wrists and pulling at her jumpers with her hair coming out in clumps and a very glassy dazed look as she hits the bottle. Yeah, no, I think that could work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n