Fisher Stevens talks beginnings of the ‘Beckham’ docuseries | Variety & Rolling Stone Truth Seekers Summit
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00:00I have a problem because I everything four times a day I go that'd be a great
00:06documentary you know and and it and then you really do digging and then you're
00:12like well that could cause problems so but with the Beckham film ironically I
00:17did not think it would make a great documentary and I turned it down because
00:20I didn't really give a shit about David Beckham when they came to me until I
00:24started digging and talking to people and I was like oh this guy is not who I
00:29thought he was which is what a great documentary is if your subject people
00:34think they know who they are but actually when you start digging they're
00:38very different and then you know especially if it's somebody that's well
00:42known and that people might be interested in then it becomes a whole
00:46other a whole other issue but it is it is hard like I'm halfway through
00:52something now and I'm like what the fuck am I doing this is just not very
00:55interesting but hopefully it will be