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The first images of Sean Penn and Julia Roberts, unrecognizable, in the series Gaslit on Watergate

2022-04-01T14:49:02.877Z


Aged and transformed, the two actors impress in this series which looks back on the tragic fate of Martha Mitchell, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Watergate affair. The political scandal that shook America.


Julia Roberts and Sean Penn offer themselves a trip of choice in the explosive universe of politics.

Indeed, the

Gaslit

mini-series , directed by Matt Ross, looks back on one of the most significant episodes in the history of the United States: the Watergate scandal, a spy affair that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. Based on the first season of the

Slow Burn

podcast , by journalist Leon Neyfakh, this creation intends, however, to highlight a new part of the story: the role of Martha Mitchell (played by Julia Roberts), wife of the the country's Attorney General, John Mitchell (Sean Penn), who was one of the first whistleblowers in this case.

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Sean Penn and Julia Roberts as Martha and John Mitchell in

Gaslit

.

Starzplay

A television woman

Martha Mitchell, an extravagant character recognizable by her puffy hairstyles and her colorful dresses, launched into an unprecedented battle with the government.

Accustomed to television sets and known for her speeches without jargon on the activities of her husband, prosecutor and member of the Republican Party, close to Nixon, she worked in the shadows to bring out the truth.

And this, from the burglary of the offices of the Democratic Party in the Watergate building.

Indeed, in 1972, five plumbers were arrested by the police after entering the premises of the opposition party.

Shortly after, the close links between these men equipped with listening equipment and the White House will be established.

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Julia Roberts in the

Gaslit miniseries

.

Starzplay

Suspicious and wary of her husband's silence, Martha Mitchell then took it into her head to alert the press, despite the consequences.

Publicly discredited, she will also be accused of perjury, conspiracy and obstruction of justice and sentenced to nineteen months in prison.

She divorced John Mitchell and died in 1976 of bone cancer.

As Vogue

raises

, Richard Nixon will say in 1977, three years after his resignation: “Without Martha, there would have been no Watergate”.

Among the other key characters in this affair, there is in particular John Dean, lawyer and legal adviser to the White House, played by actor Dan Stevens (

Downton Abbey

).

But also his wife, known as Mo, played by Betty Gilpin (from the

Glow

series ), and Gordon Liddy (played by Shea Whigham), considered the conductor of Watergate.

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Sean Penn as John Mitchell in

Gaslit

.

Starz Play

Deployed through eight episodes of about an hour,

Gaslit

will be released on April 24 on the StarzPlay streaming platform.

Source: lefigaro

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