Why did the original director of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Netflix documentary quit the project?

Why did the original director of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Netflix documentary quit the project?

Marie Claire reported yesterday that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Netflix documentary, the first to be produced by the streaming giant following a multi-million dollar content production deal in 2020, will be released next month The documentary is expected to be released next month. (The documentary will be the first of its kind for the late actress, who also directed 2012's "Love, Marilyn" (about the late actress' writings), 2015's "What Happened, Miss Simone" (about the iconic singer), and 2020's "Excuse Me, I Love You" (about Ariana Grande's concert film), also directed by Liz Garbus. However, Garbus was not the original director of the documentary; as reported by OK, "shortly after production began, trouble broke out."

"Garrett wanted Harry and Meghan to film at his home, but they were not happy about it," says one insider, "There were a few rough patches between them and Garrett left the project. Harry and Meghan's own production company shot as much footage as they could before Liz Garbus was hired."

As such, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been spotted with two different film crews in recent months, the magazine reports. According to The Sun, the project cost £88 million (!) to film. and even though Bradley has been replaced by Garbus, there are creative differences, as Meghan herself told Variety in a recent interview.

"It's nice to have our story in the hands of a veteran director that we've looked up to for so many years. But that's not why we are telling this story. We are entrusting our story to someone else, and that means through their lens."

After the "do or don't do" rumors surrounding the release of this documentary, Netflix seems to be moving all systems to release this project next month; (Netflix CEO) Ted Sarandos, who is related to Harry and Meghan and is the There is a lot of pressure to get this show done."

"We have a lot of pressure to get this show done.

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