Billie Piper goes for risky leg-baring look at Netflix premiere – and she pulls it off

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Billie Piper goes for risky leg-baring look at Netflix premiere – and she pulls it off

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Billie Piper's latest project, Scoop, had its premiere this week (Picture: Karwai Tang/WireImage)

Billie Piper has hit the red carpet to promote her latest project in a head-turning outfit.

The actress, 41, is best known for appearing in series including Doctor Who, Secret Diary of a Call Girl and I Hate Suzie.

She's now starring in the upcoming Netflix movie Scoop, which is based on the true events leading up to Prince Andrew's explosive 2019 BBC Newsnight interview.

It stars Gillian Anderson as journalist Emily Maitlis, who famously grilled the royal, played by Rufus Sewell, on his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Billie plays Sam McAlister, the producer for the current affairs programme who managed to score the interview, which was later described by one viewer as being less a car crash than 'a plane crashing into an oil tanker, causing a tsunami, triggering a nuclear explosion'.

The film is based on McAlister's own account of what unfolded, which was detailed in her autobiographical book Scoops.

She wore a Dolce and Gabbana outfit for the premiere (Picture: Karwai Tang/WireImage)

She plays former Newsnight producer Sam McAlister (Picture: Karwai Tang/WireImage)

Hitting the red carpet in London on Wednesday night, the stars each stunned in jaw-dropping outfits, with Billie donning a black pinstripe power suit.

Dressed head to toe in Dolce and Gabbana, her outfit came to a whopping total cost of around 4,700.

Her 2350 oversized blazer was styled over a low-cut black top, 1,700, and tailored shorts, 645.

Scoop also stars Keeley Hawes and Gillian Anderson (Picture: Karwai Tang/WireImage)

She was joined at the event by her co-stars, which also include Keeley Hawes, who plays Prince Andrew's private secretary Amanda Thirsk.

Speaking to Netflix's Tudum, McAlister previously said while the interview was 'so significant', it was only '5% of the story'.

'What we do is we take you on the journey to how this all began,' she said.

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For Billie, the role allowed her to gain insight into a story that had fascinated her on a personal level.

'It was something I cared about tremendously,' she said.

'When you watch that interview, you think, How did this get onto the screens? How was this signed off on? Who was part of this? Getting this close to a royal? That level of exposure-don't know that I'll ever see anything like it again. In my lifetime, I've never seen an interview like it.

'And there are a number of incredible women behind this moment, and telling their story is a gift as an actor, to be honest.'

Scoop is streaming on Netflix from April 5.

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