Keeley Hawes put on a cosy display with her husband Matthew Macfadyen on Thurday as her latest Netflix drama Scoop received mixed reviews.
The actress, 48, who plays Prince Andrew’s assistant Amanda Thirsk in the series, looked in good spirits as she strolled down Shaftesbury Avenue with Matthew, 49.
Keeley wore a big black coat over a grey jumper and exposed a stylish watch while fiddling with her belongings.
She teamed the garment with loose cropped trousers and accessorised with a large black bag across her front.
Succession star Matthew was by her side in a smart brown jacket teamed with navy trousers and patent shoes.
Her new film Scoop, which came out on Friday, depicts the notorious Newsnight interview between disgraced Prince Andrew and Emily Maitlis.
Scoop star Keeley Hawes, 48, held hands with her husband, Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen, 49, on Friday amid mixed reviews for latest Netflix drama Scoop
The actress, 48 looked in good spirits as she strolled down Shaftesbury Avenue with Matthew, 49, on a cosy outing
Keeley plays Prince Andrew’s assistant Amanda Thirsk in the series (pictured on the show with Rufus Sewell as the Duke of York)
Keeley’s character Amanda had been Andrew’s private secretary for seven years at the time of the interview.
Scoop has received mixed reviews from critics with some calling it a ‘triumph’ and others a ‘limo-crash’.
Based on the book Scoops, by Sam McAlister, the film captures the tension behind booking the royal for the interview, as well as the tension among the cast during the interview.
In the interview, Emily discussed Virginia Giuffre’s claims that she was forced to have sex with Andrew three times when she was 17 under the orders of Epstein.
The prince strongly denied the claims throughout the interview.
The discussion, in which Andrew made a series of claims – including insisting he couldn’t have been with Virginia at the time of the alleged encounter because he was dining at a Pizza Express in Woking and that a medical condition left him unable to sweat – has since gained notoriety and is widely acknowledged to have embarrassed the royals.
The interview was described as a ‘car crash’ and on November 20, 2019, a statement from Buckingham Palace said Prince Andrew was suspended from public duties ‘for the foreseeable future’.
In May 2020, it was announced that the prince was permanently stepping down from his public roles.
In January 2022, Virginia was given the go-ahead to sue Andrew for unspecified damages in a New York civil court.
Despite vowing to fight the claims and repeatedly protesting his innocence, the prince agreed to pay a huge sum to settle the case before it ever reached a jury. interview, then the film.
Netflilx describes the production as portraying: ‘The inside track of the women that broke through the Buckingham Palace establishment to secure the scoop of the decade that led to the catastrophic fall from grace of The Queen’s ‘Favourite son’.
‘From navigating Palace vetoes, to breaking through to Prince Andrew’s inner circle, the high stakes negotiations and intensity of rehearsal – to the jaw dropping interview itself.
‘SCOOP is the insider account of the inner workings of the Palace and the BBC, twin bastions of the British Establishment, spotlighting the journalists whose tenacity and guts broke through the highest of ceilings – and into the inner sanctum and calculations of a man with everything to lose.’
Keeley wore a big black bag around her body and it rested on her front. She also wore loose-fitting cropped trousers which exposed her ankles
She wore a big black coat, under which she wore a grey jumper, and fiddled with her bag, exposing a stylish watch
Her new show Scoop, which came out on Friday, depicts the infamous Newsnight interview between Prince Andrew and Emily Maitlis
Keeley’s character Amanda had been Andrew’s private secretary for seven years at the time of the interview
Matthew wore a brown jacket, matching shoes, and dark blue trousers and carried a scoop handle umbrella
He was engaged in conversation on his phone for while, and Keeley busied herself with the scenery as she waited for him to finish
His smash hit show Succession drew to a close in 2023 after four seasons and just 39 episodes, but a whopping 19 Emmys and 9 Golden Globes
The couple are lauded for having one of the strongest marriages in Hollywood, with the pair continually making time for each other despite their hectic work schedules
Yet, Matthew has confessed it didn’t get off to the best of starts, previously describing the moment he fell in love with Keeley as ‘awful’
Keeley was newly married to cartoonist Spencer McCallum when she first met Matthew in 2002 when they co-starred in BBC drama Spooks (pictured on the show)
Keeley and Matthew have been married since 2004 and they share two children: daughter Maggie, 19, and son Ralph, 17.
Matthew is also step-father to Myles McCallum, Keeley’s son with first husband Spencer McCallum, a cartoonist.
The couple are lauded for having one of the strongest marriages in Hollywood, with the pair continually making time for each other despite their hectic work schedules.
Yet, Matthew has confessed it didn’t get off to the best of starts, previously describing the moment he fell in love with Keeley as ‘awful’.
Keeley was newly married to Spencer, and mother to baby son Myles, when she first met Matthew in 2002.
They met starring in BBC spy drama Spooks (known as MI-5 in the States) and were spotted kissing in June that year.
Yet Keeley insisted that nothing happened between them until her marriage ended, saying: ‘I’m sure nobody would believe we never had an affair but we really didn’t.’
Speaking about the fairytale moment they first said the L word, Keeley recalled: ‘Matthew just came straight out with it and said “I love you” in the rain one day. I thought, “Oh dear, here we go.”’
Her divorce from Spencer was finalised in 2004 and in November of that year she wed Matthew. They welcomed their first child, daughter Maggie, the following month.
Based on the book Scoops, by Sam McAlister, the film captures the tension behind booking the royal for the interview (left: Rufus and Gillian, right: Emily and Prince Andrew)
Keeley Hawes (left) stars as Prince Andrew’s former personal secretary Amanda Thirsk
Billie Piper (left) plays the producer Sam McAlister
Keeley has revealed there is no bad blood with her ex, explaining: ‘Spencer and I were best friends before we married, and we’ve managed to stay that way.
‘Happily, both my husband and my ex-husband get along brilliantly. They are both generous people, to each other and to the children.’
Speaking to the Mail On Sunday in 2005, Matthew confessed he was in turmoil when he first met Keeley as he realised he had feelings for a married woman.
He explained: ‘It was awful because I realised I’d fallen for her.
‘We weren’t having an affair and it was a slow process. But I knew the effect she had on me. She’s gorgeous. Everyone who meets her will tell you the same thing.’
Scoop is available to stream now on Netflix.