The upcoming HBO limited series from 'Veep' showrunner David Mandel tells the story of Watergate masterminds E. Howard Hunt (Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Theroux).
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Per the logline, the series will tell the true story of how Nixon’s political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds accidentally toppled the presidency they were zealously trying to protect. The show is based partly on public records from the era and on the book The teaser trailer shows Hunt and Liddy being recruited as covert operatives to plant surveillance inside the Watergate. “You are White House employees on the payroll. For God’s sake, don’t get caught,” they are told by Egil “Bud” Krogh .
Hunt’s response — a lingering chuckle — sets the tone for the rest of the trailer, which describes their task as including “sabotage, espionage, infiltration, bare-knuckle tactics. Same shit they do to us every election.
The sprawling cast in the series also includes Lena Headey , Judy Greer , Domhnall Gleeson , Toby Huss , Ike Barinholtz , Kathleen Turner , Kim Coates , Yul Vazquez , Alexis Valdés , Nelson Ascencio , Tony Plana , Zoe Levin , Liam James , Kiernan Shipka , Tre Ryder , David Krumholtz , F. Murray Abraham and John Carroll Lynch .
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