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Billie Piper claims her Sky drama I Hate Suzie 'didn't get a big enough audience'
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IntroductionBillie Piper is riding high, after her lauded performance as Newsnight producer Sam McAlister in Net
Billie Piper is riding high, after her lauded performance as Newsnight producer Sam McAlister in Netflix's Prince Andrew drama Scoop.
But she appears to be throwing in the towel on another of her projects - Sky's dark-comedy drama I Hate Suzie.
The actress, 41, told MailOnline: 'It just didn't get a big enough audience - that's the way it goes.
'People in television loved it, because I guess it is largely about the world in which they work, but it wasn't seen by as many people beyond that world as we would like it to have been.'
I Hate Suzie, by Succession writer and executive producer Lucy Prebble, ran for two series on Sky Atlantic.
Billie Piper has claimed her Sky drama I Hate Suzie 'didn't get a big enough audience'
The actress, 41, is riding high, after her lauded performance as Newsnight producer Sam McAlister in Netflix 's Prince Andrew drama Scoop
In a statement to Bustle, Sky confirmed there are currently 'no plans for a third series of I Hate Suzie.'
Billie starred as Suzie Pickles, a mentally fragile actress and singer struggling to drown out the noise from her private life after intimate pictures of her with her lover were stolen from her mobile phone and leaked to the public.
Billie has always denied the show was autobiographical although both she and her character found fame as teenage pop singers and saw their acting overshadowed by high profile personal lives.
Billie, who has also starred in Dr Who and Secret Diary Of A Call Girl, married radio presenter Chris Evans, when she was 18 and he was 35, controversial actor-turned-activist Laurence Fox and most recently musician Johnny Lloyd.
I Hate Suzie is a British dark comedy-drama television series created by Lucy Prebble and Billie.
It follows the life of actress Suzie Pickles (Piper) whose life is thrown into turmoil when her phone is hacked and compromising photographs of her are leaked.
Each episode is focused on 'one of the eight stages of trauma' that Suzie experiences, a take on the five stages of grief.
It comes after Netflix fans went wild over Billie's new drama that they have hailed as 'absolutely brilliant'.
Scoop was released in the UK today, chronicling Emily Maitlis' infamous interview with Prince Andrew, which caused the Royals to announce the duke would step back from public duties just days after it aired in 2019.
British household names starring in the biographical drama include Gillian Anderson and Billie Piper as Newsnight's Emily Maitlis and Sam McAlister, the BBC TV producer who secured the car crash interview.
The disgraced prince is played by Rufus Sewell, famed for his portrayal of Count Adhemar of Anjou in the 2001 blockbuster hit A Knight's Tale.
Directed by Philip Martin, the Netflix film is an adaptation of then-Newsnight editor Sam McAlister's 2022 tell-all book Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC's Most Shocking Interviews.
Speaking on the show, which will not return for a third series, told MailOnline: 'It just didn't get a big enough audience - that's the way it goes.'
It comes after Netflix fans went wild over Billie's new drama that they have hailed as 'absolutely brilliant'
Brits were quick to gush over the film on X, formerly known as Twitter this morning, lauding its stellar acting and putting powerful women at the helm - and were surprised by a shock cameo.
Many were gripped by directors' powerful storytelling which focused on Prince Andrew's r elationship with the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein , in addition to his own allegations of sexual assault.
And loyal EastEnders fan may be surprised to see Christopher Fairbank, who plays Eddie Knight, briefly star in the film - as a dog owner who chats to Maitlis in one scene.
One said: 'Spent my morning watching Scoop on Netflix, based on the book by @SamMcAlister1 which documents how that notorious interview with Prince Andrew materialised — it’s utterly brilliant and a really intriguing watch. Highly recommend!'
Another captivated X user added: 'Just watched #Scoop and was spellbound - glued to my seat. But Christ - did we really need to see him naked?!?'
More viewers were impressed by the star-studded cast: 'Well Scoop is absolutely brilliant. Fantastic acting by all'.
The same user was also pleased to see the Prince held to account: 'Very satisfying to see how Andrew taken down by some fantastic women. Hope someone will ask the palace if he's watched it'.
While others were merely there for ' Gillian Anderson and Billie Piper ' who they felt stole the show.
Another added: 'Excellent work by everyone in #Scoop, that interview is still jaw dropping'.
Emily Maitlis is portrayed by Gillian Anderson who looks almost identical to the famed broadcaster
A jowly Rufus Sewell plays Andrew and, if you squint quite a lot, you can just about believe it's him!
And one penned: 'Spent my morning watching Scoop on Netflix, based on the book by @SamMcAlister1 which documents how that notorious interview with Prince Andrew materialised. It’s utterly brilliant and a really intriguing watch. Highly recommend!'
But others were left perplexed that Netflix was chosen to stream the tale: 'It seems strange that #Scoop which is about an achievement by the BBC is on Netflix not the BBC.
'You would have thought the BBC would want to brag about something they did good for once'.
Rufus Sewell opened up while appearing on Good Morning Britain , where he detailed 'obsessively watching the Newsnight interview for hours'.
Speaking on his thoughts after getting the role, he said: 'I felt I could get behind it then afterwards, when I got the part, I was like "gosh what I have done?" I'm not a natural mimic'.
'I obsessively watched the interview. I watched it at the time like everyone else, I was kind of transfixed for various reasons. Like most people I had my own judgements'.
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