David Beckham is thrilled that filming on his Netflix documentary with wife Victoria Beckham is over. The former soccer pro opened up about the project at the David Beckham Fragrances Launch Party at hotspot restaurant Torrisi in New York City.
“It was a series that took me a while to come to terms with filming, and talking about my life,” David told People on Wednesday. “And ten years ago when I retired from playing soccer people asked me to do it and I wasn’t really ready to look back and talk about my career and my life.”
The athlete and former Spice Girl filmed more than 50 hours over the course of more than two years for “Beckham,” with David saying it was a “hell of a journey.”
“It wasn’t easy and it was an emotional roller coaster over the last two and a half years but I think we’ve produced something that my team can be very proud of,” he added.
He noted that he “was ready to move on straight away” after retirement to focus on his business ventures, but ahead of the 10th anniversary of his retirement he figured it was “the right time” to tell his story.
Director Fisher Stevens, meanwhile, was taken aback by how open and honest the couple were on screen about their past — which included resurfacing David’s former personal assistant Rebecca Loos’ 2004 claims that she had an affair with him.
“He wasn’t what I expected at all. He was so open. He’s like, I’m ready. I want to tell my story before someone else does. And then I started doing research and I was like, ‘Jesus, this guy’s life is nuts. Nuts.’ I had no idea,” Stevens previously told People.
“There’s a kind of warmth to him, he listens and he’s warm and he seems to [care] about people a lot,” Stevens continued. “He has an incredible aesthetic. He’s not educated, he’s not an intellectual by any means, but there is an innate intelligence to him of how to read people and sort of how to read a room.”
Beckham is streaming on Netflix now.
