David Beckham’s doc director was ‘very angry’ with his ‘be honest’ remark to Victoria
It was an unexpected play.
In the Netflix documentary “Beckham,” it was a viral moment when Victoria Beckham, 50, told the interviewer that both she and David, 49, came from working-class families, prompting David to pop in and call her out, saying, “Be honest!”
During Netflix’s Emmys For Your Consideration Event on May 5, David admitted that now-famous moment made the director, Fisher Stevens, angry.
“It was Victoria’s first day filming, and she sat there in the lounge, looking great. She had the dogs running in and out, and Fisher thought that I’d left the house, but I was in the kitchen making a coffee before I went to the office,” the former soccer star explained.
David added, “I put the set of headphones on, and all of a sudden I heard my wife go, ‘Well, we’re down to earth.’ And I was like, ‘No, no, no.’ As soon as I heard her say, ‘We’re working class,’ I stuck my head in and I was like, ‘Be honest.’ ”
The moment became a meme that made waves across the internet, but David said that Stevens was “very angry with me over that.”
The director cut in to explain that he scheduled the solo interview with Victoria so “she could be free to say what she wants,” but David’s interruption made him “quite upset.”
Stevens explained, “I was like, ‘Get him out of here,’ but it actually turned out to be brilliant.”
David has since gone on to reference the moment on Instagram, after he posted about joining Victoria and her parents for a meal.
“Just a nice casual New Year’s Eve lunch at The Ritz
@victoriabeckham,” David captioned a family photo via Instagram.
“Very working class
My mother & father in law left in there Roll’s,” he joked.
The Beckhams even revisited the moment during their Uber Eats Super Bowl commercial. In the ad, the former Spice Girl says, “So David and I are gonna be in a little commercial,” to which David interrupted and said, “Be honest, be honest!” prompting his wife to say, “OK, it’s a big commercial.”
During the scene, which happens in the first episode of the docuseries, Victoria explained what she and David had in common when they first met.
“I think also we both come from families that work really hard,” she said. “Both of our parents work very hard, we’re very working class.”
David then poked his head in the door and said, “Be honest!”
“I am being honest,” Victoria said.
David challenged her by saying, “What car did your dad drive you to school in?”
After Victoria stammered and danced around the question before admitting it was a Rolls-Royce, David said, “Thank you!” and left.
During the Netflix event, Stevens said that he got over his initial anger because, “It worked out. Thank God the cameraman caught David, and then to [editor] Michael [Harte], I did say, ‘We have gold, I think.’ ”