Speaking at the Royal Television Society conference in London, Beckham said it took him a long time to come around to the idea of a documentary, particularly because he “wasn’t ready” to discuss his career in the immediate wake of retirement.

David Beckham's four-part Netflix documentary was well received, but he admitted that he "hated almost every moment of filming it" as he and his wife Victoria were very "nervous."

Despite its runaway success, David Beckham recently revealed that the experience making his Netflix docuseries was anything but pleasant. Speaking at the Royal Television Society on Tuesday, Sept. 17,