Ten years after retiring from the game, David Beckham reflects on his soccer career and life for a new four-part documentary series.
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“Beckham” includes footage of the hatred the soccer star received — condemnation in British tabloids and constant fan abuse, including one who hung his effigy from a noose outside a London pub. Even his own family struggled to understand. “Twenty five years ago, if I’d have turned around to my dad and said that I don’t feel great, he would have said, ‘Boy, just get on with it’. So that’s how I grew up and that’s how I knew how to kind of handle a situation like that,” he said.
“He was a very disciplined dad from a very early age. And when I didn’t play well, he told me and when I did play well, he kind of told me that I did play well, but not too much,” Beckham said with a smile. In new Netflix documentary “Beckham,” England soccer star David Beckham talks openly about his relationship with his family and recalls the media “explosion” that took place when he started dating former Spice Girl, Victoria.
Beckham’s teammate and close friend Gary Neville jokes on “Beckham” about the pair’s long phone calls into the early hours before a game and says Beckham would drive for four hours just to spend 20 minutes with her. Neville and Gardner are executive producers on “Beckham,” with Beckham’s Studio 99 among the film’s production companies.
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