Michael Sheen Transforms Into Prince Andrew In First Look at Prime Video's 'A Very Royal Scandal'
Prime Video has announced that A Very Royal Scandal will premiere this September. It is the third installment in its popular Scandal anthology, after 2018's award-winning A Very English Scandal, which starred Hugh Grant (Paddington 2) and Ben Whishaw (This Is Going To Hurt), and its 2021 follow-up, A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy (The Crown) and Paul Bettany (WandaVision). The three-part drama will focus on the bombshell 2019 Newsnight interview with Queen Elizabeth II's son Prince Andrew, in which he disastrously tried to explain away his relationship with noted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with Ruth Wilson (The Woman in the Wall) as journalist Emily Maitlis and Michael Sheen (Good Omens) as Prince Andrew.
If all of this feels oddly familiar, it's probably because this is actually the second dramatization of the Prince Andrew interview to hit screens this year. The Netflix film Scoop was released in April 2024 and featured Gillian Anderson (The Crown) and Rufus Sewell (The Diplomat) in the lead roles. Prime Video's version stars its own pair of acting heavy hitters in nearly the same outfits, as a handful of first-look images from the series prove, including ones documenting Sheen's transformation into the disgraced British royal.
Though many folks are likely familiar with Sheen thanks to his involvement in Prime Video's adaptation of Good Omens, he has a long history of playing complicated real-life figures, including Prime Minister Tony Blair (The Queen, The Deal, The Special Relationship), journalist David Frost (Frost/Nixon), controversial football manager Brian Clough (The Damned United) and the game show host at the heart of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? cheating scandal (Quiz).
