A throwback clip of Victoria Beckham at six years old is revealed in the trailer for her three-part Netflix documentary Victoria Beckham, which is set to debut on October 9. The film traces her path from a Hertfordshire schoolgirl to a global fashion designer, Spice Girl, and public figure, charting her rise from the church hall stage to the catwalk.
The home video, found by her parents Jackie and Tony in their garage, marks the very start of Beckham's showbusiness career. The 90-second trailer opens with her hair in plaits tucked under a cowboy hat and a yellow dress as she performs a dance that foreshadows the routine she would later perfect with the Spice Girls for Stop in 1997.
Beckham, now 51, is shown delivering candid reflections. Insiders describe the documentary as emotional and very candid, and for the first time the star will speak about the challenges she faced as a child. 'The uncool kid at school, that's awkward,' she says, 'that was me. But I desperately wanted to be liked, have some self-worth.'
The trailer also addresses the fashion business, with Beckham acknowledging that the enterprise was 'in the red' for many years after its 2008 launch. 'A lot of people didn't take it seriously,' Eva Longoria says. Beckham adds, 'we were millions in the red,' while David says, 'It made me panic.' Behind-the-scenes footage of her Paris show last year plays in the background as she says, 'It's taken so long to get to this point, I'm not gonna let it slip through my fingers again.'
The documentary also examines Beckham's life as a WAG, her marriage to David Beckham, and her family. 'Performing was my dream,' she says, 'The Spice Girls made me accept who I am, and then all of a sudden, it stopped.' All of her children appear in the trailer—Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz, and Harper—with Brooklyn shown as a months-old baby on a 1999 holiday in Italy and Harper seen dancing with her mother. Beckham's estranged eldest son Brooklyn’s wife, Nicola Peltz, is shown briefly in a scene at the fashion show; the couple have not spoken to David or Victoria since they snubbed Victoria's 50th birthday celebrations in May.
The series, produced by the makers of David Beckham's documentary (which also tracked Michelle Obama's Becoming), has been in the works for 18 months to ensure strong content across its three episodes. The trailer closes with Victoria and David in an outhouse at their Great Tew estate, where she breaks down in tears. 'You could make me a cheese and ham sandwich, we'd be proud of you,' David jokes. She replies, 'Let's be honest, I couldn't actually make a cheese sandwich very well.'