Gillian Anderson will portray journalist Emily Maitlis and Rufus Sewell will portray Prince Andrew in Scoop, the new Netflix film about the British royal's infamous 2019 interview with BBC's Newsnight.
US entertainment trade publication Deadline reports that the cast of Scoop also includes Keeley Hawes as Amanda Thirsk, the former Private Secretary to Prince Andrew; and Billie Piper as Sam McAlister, the Newsnight producer who secured the interview and whose memoir, Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC's Most Shocking Interviews, is the basis for the film.
Scoop is currently filming with Philip Martin (The Crown) behind the lens. McAlister's book has been adapted by Peter Moffat (The Night Of, Silk).
Director Martin said: "I'm thrilled to be directing this film for Netflix and - together with an extraordinary cast - to be bringing Sam McAlister's revelatory insider's account to the screen.
"Uptempo, immersive and cinematic, I want to put the audience inside the breathtaking sequence of events that led to the interview with Prince Andrew - to tell a story about a search for answers, in a world of speculation and varying recollections.
"It's a film about power, privilege and differing perspectives and how - whether in glittering palaces or hi-tech newsrooms - we judge what's true."
Prince Andrew stepped down from public life after being criticised for showing a lack of empathy towards paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's victims and displaying a lack of remorse over his friendship with the financier during his Newsnight appearance in November 2019.
Epstein was found dead in prison in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide by New York's chief medical examiner.
In the interview with presenter Maitlis, the prince denied claims he had sex with Virginia Giuffre, who said she was trafficked by Epstein on three separate occasions, including when she was 17 - still a minor under US law.
Giuffre said one alleged encounter began with the prince sweating heavily as they danced at London nightclub Tramp.
But Prince Andrew told Maitlis he had a medical condition at the time which meant he did not sweat, and that he had no recollection of ever meeting Giuffre.
He also insisted he spent the day taking one of his daughters to Pizza Express in Woking, Surrey for a party.
Prince Andrew - the second son of Queen Elizabeth II - later paid millions to settle a civil sexual assault case with Giuffre in the US.
Additional reporting: Press Association
