From Beanie Feldman as Monica Lewinsky to Clive Owen as Bill Clinton, a breakdown of who is playing whom as FX's anthology series takes on the late-'90s scandal.
Still others, including Owen and Cobie Smulders, who plays controversial conservative pundit Ann Coulter, required more coaxing. “We had to actually talk Cobie into auditioning,” recalls producer Brad Simpson.
“She was like, ‘I don’t know, especially with Trump and everything,’ and we went to her husband [Taran Killam,] who was playing Paula Jones’ husband, on set and we were like, ‘Please convince her. We promise you it’s going to be good.’ And she’s great in the role.”
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