Executive producer/writer Sarah Burgess added how she and EP Ryan Murphy met with Lewinsky met privately.
Toobin was originally listed as a consultant onImpeachmentwhen the season was first announced.
However, Simpson skirted a question from a reporter regarding whether he was still involved in that capacity.
The real Monica Lewinsky and Beanie Feldstein as Monica Lewinsky in ‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’.Emma McIntyre /VF20/Getty Images; Kurt Iswarienko/FX
Jones had sued President Clinton, played on the show byClive Owen, for sexual harassment.
“Monica, to us, always felt…
Therefore, she did not want to speak for how the Clintons were portrayed, includingEdie Falco’sHillary Clinton.
(Simpson remarked how Hillary won’t watch the show despite their attempts to empathize with her perspective.)
“It was very important she retained her agency…
There was a power dynamic that she couldn’t see.
She was too young and too in love.
It’s amazing to me how many older people still make casual Monica Lewinsky jokes.
I hope the show changes people’s minds.
At an event in New York, 17-year-olds lined up to meet Monica.
She represents someone very different to them.
She was the first person who was publicly shamed on the internet.
There are going to be some people’s minds we can’t change.
This is America.”
Impeachment: American Crime Storypremieres Sept. 7 onFX.
