Director of Beckham Netflix doc breaks his silence on viral scene

For soccer followers, final 12 months’s Netflix documentary “Beckham” was a dream binge watch — a deep dive into one of many sport’s largest stars.

However the four-part collection, which started streaming final October, additionally gave some fascinating perception into his hardly ever mentioned marriage to former Spice Woman, Victoria Beckham.

Whereas director Fisher Stevens needed viewers to see a distinct facet of the longtime couple, who’re partly primarily based in Miami, he was in for a little bit of a shock throughout filming.

Stevens opened as much as Selection journal concerning the course of and what went on behind the scenes.

Apparently, it wasn’t all kicks and giggles. Particularly that viral second when the retired soccer star interrupts his spouse’s sit-down on the couple’s mansion within the Holland Park space of London.

Stevens recounted how the scene got here to be: Pondering that her husband was out, the style designer started to open up about their relationship, and the way their upbringings have been comparable.

“We each come from households that work actually laborious,” she mentioned. “We’re very working class.”

All of the sudden, Becks sticks his head by means of the door and shouts, “Be sincere!”

“I’m being sincere!” stammers the mom of 4.

“What automotive did your dad drive you to high school in?” the retired baller calls for.

“It’s not a easy reply…it relies upon.”

Realizing the inquisition received’t probably finish, Posh admits her father drove her to high school in a Rolls-Royce.

“Thanks,” the InterMiami co-owner says and closes the door.

Although this interplay appeared staged, it positively wasn’t.

Stevens studies that he was utterly greatly surprised by the impromptu grilling session, and thought he had a “deal” with Beckham that he would keep out throughout the shoot.

As quickly as Becks left the room, Stevens started texting his producing companion.

“I’m going, ‘What the f— is David doing right here?’” he recalled, including that Victoria was shaken by the interruption. “She was very embarrassed and nervous, as a result of clearly he’s been watching, and I used to be mortified myself.”

After the crew satisfied Beckham to go away, the interview resumed and mockingly, Victoria appeared much more open than earlier than. Ultimately, the doc didn’t come off as a “puff piece,” one thing that Beckham didn’t need and Stevens appreciated.

“I feel he needed his spouse to not do the standard factor, and that simply freed her,” Stevens theorized. “As a result of then the subsequent interview, that’s when she was like, ‘Prepared, go.’ This interview modified every little thing. So it was form of nice he was there in a manner, and it was an amazing second for the film, clearly.

“Nevertheless it p—ed me off.”