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Beanie Feldsteinis getting into character onImpeachment: American Crime Story.
Feldstein was spotted on the set of the upcoming FX series, where she transformed into her new role as Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern who had an infamousaffairwith former PresidentBill Clinton.
The actress was seen wearing a blue zip-up sweater with a black leather coat as she filmed scenes outside in Los Angeles on Monday.
Sarah Paulson, who is set to star asLinda Tripp— a former U.S. civil servant whose secret tape recordings of her conversations with Lewinsky exposed the affair — was alsoseen filming.
Impeachmentwill cover the affair between Lewinsky and Clinton, the late ’90s scandal that captivated the nation and ultimately led to the president’s impeachment. It will primarily follow the perspectives of Lewinsky, Tripp and Paula Jones, who sued Clinton for sexual harassment.
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Along with Feldstein and Paulson, the show will starClive Owenas Clinton andAnnaleigh Ashfordas Jones.American Horror StoryalumnusBilly Eichnerhas beencast asDrudge ReportfounderMatt Drudge, who first broke news of the Clinton-Lewinsky affair in 1998.
Lewinsky, 46, is a producer on the series, which is based onJeffrey Toobin’s bookA Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President.
A premiere date forImpeachment: American Crime Storyhas not yet been confirmed.
Paulson recently opened up about her role in the FX series, tellingEntertainment Weeklythat she doesn’t believe it benefits her “to have any kind of judgment” about Tripp.
“I like to play the horrible, because there’s always an opportunity to learn a little bit more about what we think we know,” she said.
source: people.com
