FX says the next chapter of its “American Crime Story” series will dramatize the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.

Monica Lewinsky is among the producers on a new series of American Crime Story focusing on the Bill Clinton sex scandal.The Clinton scandal has been the subject of renewed public interest following the rise of the #MeToo movement and calls for the impeachment of current US president Donald Trump.

 In a statement to Vanity Fair, she said that she had been hesitant to sign on to the series, but was swayed by the opportunity to “reclaim my narrative”.
“People have been co-opting and telling my part in this story for decades,” Lewinsky said. “In fact, it wasn’t until the past few years that I’ve been able to fully reclaim my narrative, almost 20 years later.
“This isn’t just a me problem. Powerful people, often men, take advantage of those subordinate to them in myriad ways all the time. Many people will see this as such a story and for that reason, this narrative is one that is, regretfully, evergreen.”

Titled Impeachment: American Crime Story, the Ryan Murphy-helmed anthology drama will recount the notorious affair between the then US president Clinton and former White House intern Lewinsky, and the subsequent impeachment proceedings called against him by the US House of Representatives.

 Monica Lewinsky, who has teamed up with Ryan Murphy for American Crime Story: Impeachment.

"Booksmart" star Beanie Feldstein will star as Lewinsky, with Sarah Paulson playing Linda Tripp, the civil servant who secretly recorded phone calls the 22-year-old made about her affair with Clinton, who was 27 years her senior.
The series will premiere in September 2020 in the US, and is expected to air in the UK soon after. The previous two series of American Crime Story have been shown on BBC Two in the UK, as part of the broadcaster’s syndication deal with the US.
Impeachment has been adapted by Murphy from Jeffrey Toobin’s book A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President. Murphy originally optioned the book in 2017, but shelved plans to bring it to TV last year as he felt that such a project would be “gross” without the contribution of Lewinsky.

  

FX chairman John Landgraf said that the network would not be “reaching out” to Bill and Hillary Clinton for their input.The miniseries will air in September 2020, within weeks of the general election.




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