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Beanie Feldsteinis stepping intoMonica Lewinsky’s shoes.
On Wednesday, FX released its first teaser forImpeachment: American Crime Story, which will cover the affair between the former White House intern and former presidentBill Clintonthat ultimately led to the latter’s impeachment.
Coming in a little over one minute, the teaser shows Feldstein — dressed as Lewinsky in a burgundy dress — walking through the corridors of the White House before entering the Oval Office. A figure bearing resemblance to Clinton can be seen sitting at the Resolute desk.
“Their crisis made history. This is her story,” the network teased on its social media accounts.
Sarah Paulson— who previously appeared onThe People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story— stars in the series as Tripp, the former U.S. civil servant whose secret tape recordings of her conversations with Lewinsky helped expose the affair.
Lewinsky serves as a producer on the show, which is based onJeffrey Toobin’s bookA Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President.
Beanie Feldstein; Monica Lewinsky.Frazer Harrison/Getty; Harry Hamburg/NY Daily News Archive via Getty
The anti-bullying activist previouslyrevisited the troubled timein her life for the 2018 A&E documentary series calledThe Clinton Affair.
She later wrote in an essay forVanity Fairthat participating in the documentary forced her “to acknowledge to myself past behavior that I still regret and feel ashamed of.”
“There were many,manymoments when I questioned not just the decision to participate, but my sanity itself,” Lewinsky wrote. “Despite all of the ways I tried to protect my mental health, it was still challenging.”
Impeachment:American Crime Storypremieres Sep. 7 on FX.
source: people.com
