How Leonardo DiCaprio and Hugo from Succession brought David Beckham to life in Netflix documentary
David Beckham’s life has been brought to life in a new Netflix documentary series and there are a couple of famous faces who have helped bring it to life.
BECKHAM, the four-part series, tells the inside story of one of the most recognisable footballers on the planet.
He played for some of the biggest teams in the world, including Manchester United, Real Madrid, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain.
Plus, the documentary delves into the highs and lows of his England career.
It has been directed by Academy Award winner Fisher Stevens, who many will know as Hugo from the hit HBO series Succession.
Remarkably, it was thanks to Leonardo DiCaprio that Stevens ended up getting the job as director on the project.
“David was hanging out with Leo, and asked him who he should get,” Stevens told The Guardian. “He recommended me! David watched Before the Flood then Palmer [the Apple TV+ drama starring Justin Timberlake] that I directed and saw something he liked – the emotion I guess.”
Stevens also said he talked about the project with the British Succession creator Jesse Armstong, who also wrote Peep Show, and writer Tony Roche.
He told Esquire: I went to work [on Succession] and asked Jesse Armstrong and Tony Roche about Beckham. We would talk about football every day.
“They were like, ‘You have to do it. He’s a genius. He was a great player.’ I started researching him and said, ‘OK, I'll meet with him,’ and the rest is history.”
Stevens admitted that he got into football late, but it was Chelsea and Didier Drogba that helped him get a passion for the sport.
“I went to Stamford Bridge and fell in love with Didier Drogba,” he said.
“The first documentary I produced was Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos in 2006.
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