David Beckham: ‘I hated almost every moment of making’ Emmy award-winning Netflix documentary

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Soccer legend David Beckham’s Emmy award-winning Netflix documentary, "Beckham," took fans around the globe behind the curtain for one of the most polarizing athletes of the century. 

But Beckham himself revealed to Variety that he "hated almost every moment of making it."

"It worried me and it made me nervous and it made Victoria nervous," Beckham said about the documentary, which was broken down into four parts last year. 

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David Beckham "hated almost every moment of making" the documentary. (Samir Hussein/WireImage)

"It took me a long time to come to terms with the fact that I was going to make it, but there were a few reasons why we wanted to make it. When I retired, I wasn’t ready to talk about my career and what had happened. Through the pandemic, it’s when documentaries really exploded, and it was coming up to the 10-year anniversary of my retirement from football."

Beckham did have his Studio 99 produce the documentary, which got deep into his personal life with his wife and family as well as his legendary soccer career, starting at Manchester United and ending with Paris Saint-Germain in 2013. And of course, his international games with England were on display as well. 

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But the four-part series dove deep into his trials and tribulations, both personally and professionally, which required "the right director" to portray, and Beckham ended up choosing Fisher Stevens to do so.

Variety spoke to Stevens, who said Leonardo DiCaprio recommended him for the director role. 

But Beckham wasn’t looking