Julia Roberts reveals she embraced Sean Penn for a 'long time' after filming a 'challenging' fight scene for political series Gaslit
She explained: 'It made it challenging to portray the more vibrant scenes of her, because I knew what was coming.
The new series marks the 50th anniversary of the Watergate scandal and is said to be 'a modern take on Watergate that focuses on the untold stories and forgotten characters of the scandal'. Pals: The actress, 54, said she has been close friends with the Academy Award winner, 61, for years and they have always wanted to work together, having met when she was 16 or 17
'For it to be ultimately the Mitchells is kind of amazing because we both truly believed that this relationship was so heartbreaking.' In March 1972, her husband had resigned as Attorney General to head the Committee to Re-Elect the President for the 1972 campaign. Transformation: Sean Penn spent hours in the make-up chair to transform into character, looking almost unrecognisable as John Mitchell
She responds, 'I'm a Southern woman. We speak our minds, we talk. I never stop talking,' when the interviewer says, 'I bet your husband loves that,' and she says, without missing a beat, 'He takes it in stride.' The trailer features more shots of both Margaret and John, with a graphic that reads, 'based on the insane but shockingly true story.'