Sarah Paulson & Writer Sarah Burgess Explored Linda Tripp’s Contradictions in ‘Impeachment’ – Contenders TV: The Nominees
deadline.comWriter Sarah Burgess and star Sarah Paulson said they were trying to understand and depict what motivated Linda Tripp in Impeachment: American Crime Story.
The FX limited series depicts the impeachment hearings of President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) after his affair with Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein).
Paulson plays Tripp, who recorded Lewinsky’s phone calls with Clinton and gave them to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr (Dan Bakkedahl).Contenders TV: The Nominees — Deadline’s Complete Coverage“Linda to me was the unanswerable question in the story,” Burgess told moderator Pete Hammond at Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees awards-season event. “It was obvious to me this was not a psychopath, someone who enjoyed doing this thing.”One scene from the series shows Tripp tell her daughter the story of her own father’s affair.
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