The football player discussed the making of Beckham, which was made available on Netflix last year, at the annual conference of the Royal Television Society.
Session presenter Jane Featherstone questioned him about how he could use his own Studio 99 company to produce a “authentic documentary” about himself. He explained that he collaborated with a group of people and a director he trusted to push him.
.The 49-year-old admitted that it took him a “long time” to decide to go ahead with the series, but once he did, he had a certain director in mind who would approach the plot “from a different angle”.
After spending nearly 50 hours being interviewed by director Fisher Stevens, Beckham said, “It was really challenging.” “It took me a long time to come to terms with the fact that I was going to make it… when I retired, I wasn’t ready to talk about my career and talk about what had happened over that time.”
However, as his 2013 football retirement reached its tenth anniversary, he began to consider whether now was the proper time.
Beckham claimed that he was “nervous” about the concept, as was his wife Victoria. “Because despite the fact that people believe they know everything about us, they actually don’t.” We kind of don’t let those doors open to our home.
