‘White House Plumbers’ Star Justin Theroux on Becoming Watergate’s G. Gordon Liddy: ‘He’s Almost Like a Cartoon Character’
variety.comMichaela Zee editor Most are familiar with the Watergate scandal: several burglars were arrested at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters on June 17, 1972; President Richard Nixon’s administration attempted to cover up its involvement in the break-in; and the political crime ultimately led to Nixon’s resignation.
But who were the masterminds behind the Watergate scandal? Their perspectives are revealed in the upcoming HBO limited series, “White House Plumbers.” “There’s so many different versions, and the one thing that happens in all these versions is the same scene right at the beginning; you see the guys breaking in with flashlights, and then you hear there was an arrest at the Watergate Hotel, or something like that.
And that’s it — you never hear about those guys or see them again,” director David Mandel told Variety at the New York premiere of “White House Plumbers” on Monday night. “This is the story about those guys that we never get to hear about.” The five-part series revolves around Nixon’s political saboteurs E.
Howard Hunt (Woody Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Justin Theroux) and their involvement in one of America’s most infamous political scandals. “I watched everything I could get my hands on, as far as like, footage and recordings of him.
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