David Beckham Film Director Fisher Stevens Thanks Leonardo DiCaprio – Deadline

Parker Stevens, best known as oily public relations man Hugo Baker in Continuityreported that Leonardo DiCaprio was the matchmaker between him and David Beckham.

Stevens directed the upcoming four-part Netflix docuseries about the former footballer’s life, and he revealed The keeper newspaper that it was DiCaprio who suggested the star theme to him.

“David was hanging out with Leo and asked him who he should get,” he said. “He recommended me! David watched Before the Flood and then Palmer (the 2021 Apple TV+ drama starring Justin Timberlake), which I directed, and saw something he liked—the emotion, I think.”

In addition to his acting career, Stevens has extensive experience in the field of documentary filmmaking. He won an Oscar for his 2009 film about a dolphin hunt in Japan. Bayand went on to work with DiCaprio on a documentary about the climate crisis. Before the flood.

Despite this, he was unsure whether to take on the Beckham project until he Continuity The writers, especially showrunner Jesse Armstrong, who is British, told him, “You can’t not do this. It’s a great story.'”

The series follows the behind-the-scenes life of Beckham and his pop star-turned-fashion designer wife Victoria. It also recreates the history of Beckham’s football career, which is certainly a rich one.

He enjoyed great success at Manchester United, joining the England team where he became a national pariah after being sent off with a red card during a key World Cup match against Argentina in 1998, receiving death threats and abuse for several years but managing to overcome the backlash to such an extent that he later became England captain. He went on to become one of the most prominent athletes in the world, earning money from lucrative brand partnerships, and is now a co-owner of Inter Miami Football Club, which successfully signed star player Lionel Messi this season.