As the premiere date forImpeachment: American Crime Storydraws near, fans are getting another glimpse into Ryan Murphy’s take on the infamous affair between White House internMonica Lewinskyand former PresidentBill Clinton.
On Friday, the second full trailer dropped for the upcoming FX drama, starringBeanie Feldsteinas Lewinsky andClive Owenas Clinton. The series will follow the uncovering of the headline-making tryst, which ultimately led to the president’s impeachment.
Lewinsky blushes as Tripp guesses: “Someone from work. Someone important.”
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In the next voice over, Tripp is revealing her knowledge about the affair, saying: “I have found myself in possession of some very sensitive information. Information of major national importance that’s beyond imagining.”
“Are you sure you have enough evidence?” another woman asks, prompting Tripp to hit play on the tapes that feature her prior conversations with Lewinsky about her relationship with Clinton.
Viewers are then taken through a series of increasingly tense scenes as the conversations begin to leak. Tripp yells to someone on the phone that “Monica can never find out.”
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The trailer ends with the phone ringing in Lewinsky’s home. She answers the call with, “Hi handsome,” to which the president replies: “Hey.”
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.
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, many moments 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 Sept. 7 on FX.
source: people.com
