Billie Piper has written the first draft of a new romantic comedy film, following her spectacular performance in the Prince Andrew thriller Scoop.
The Doctor Who actress most recently featured as Sam McAlister in the Netflix film about the historic Newsnight interview between the disgraced Royal (Rufus Sewell) and Emily Maitlis (Gillian Anderson).
And, in a recent edition of the Table Manners podcast, she stated that she has developed a story for her next feature film, after her writing and directing Rare Beast in 2019.
‘I’ve literally finished my first draft last week,’ she shared. ‘I say it’s a first draft, it’s like the vomit draft so it is just more of a purge of ideas, then I’ll refine it to a first draft and then probably 18 more drafts down the line.’
The 41-year-old explained that once she’s happy with the script, she will shop it around and see if ‘anyone wants to buy it’.
Divulging further details about the project, Billie jokingly said: ‘It’s a romantic comedy but it’s not that romantic or that funny at this moment, it’s dark, but that’s really my skill set, I think, the darker comedy stuff.’
When podcast co-host and singer Jessie Ware questioned if she would star in the film, Billie said she probably would, despite vowing never to star in and make another film after Rare Beasts.
‘I said I would never be in something that I’m directing ever again but now I’m like, “I guess I’ll be in it too,”‘ she continued.
‘I think so, I don’t know, I have no idea. Also, it may never even see the light of day.’
Billie made her directing debut with Rare Beasts, a psychological romantic drama film co-starring Leo Bill, David Thewlis, and Lily James.
In Scoop, Billie plays Sam McAlister, a Newsnight producer who worked diligently for a year to bring the Duke of York in front of Emily Maitlis.
To portray Sam, the former 90s popstar had to don a peroxide blonde, long, wavy wig that cost producers £11,000.
Billie, whose films and television programmes include I Hate Suzie, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, and Catherine Called Birdy, described it as the’most costly’ she has ever worn.
Sam created the book Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews, on which the Netflix film is based, and he also worked as an executive producer.
Billie worked closely with Sam, both on and off set, to master her mannerisms, previously telling Metro.co.uk that her presence was a ‘gift’ for an actor.
‘I didn’t really have the access to many filmed appearances of Sam – there were one or two that I regularly binged,’ she said.
Source My Celebrity Life.