Let me start by saying I didn’t watch Beckham because I am a football fan. What I’m really interested in is the art of spinning gold from thin air, something David Beckham and his family have excelled at. So I zoned out when it came to discussing the intricacies of Beckham and Sir Alex Ferguson’s relationship in the 1990s, or the pain he felt when leaving Manchester United, the only club he ever wanted to play for.
The Beckhams have carefully curated what they were willing to share, all under the guise of being candid
No, I was after the behind-the-scenes access to all things Brand Beckham. What does he really think of the fact Victoria has only eaten steamed fish and vegetables for over a decade? Why did he refuse to make a cameo in the cinematic masterpiece that was Spice World? What does a man who in the late 1990s and 2000s redefined popular culture think of his son’s £70,000 fish finger sandwich?
Rio Ferdinand, the former England captain and Beckham’s teammate at Manchester United, tells the filmmakers that if you could bottle up that feeling of scoring a goal on a pitch in front of tens and thousands of people you’d be a millionaire – but the real money maker is Beckham’s charm.
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