Beanie Feldstein: Monica Lewinsky approving "every word that I was saying" on Impeachment: American Crime Story was a "great gift"

Variety

Speaking at the TV press tour, Feldstein discussed the benefits of Lewinsky being a producer on the FX series. “I had the great gift of that, when I received the scripts, I knew that every word that I was saying was approved by and had been to Monica first,” said Feldstein, who portrays Lewinsky in the FX limited series. She added that the producers “would go through the scripts with (Monica) and she would give all her feedback and her notes, and by the time it got to me, I was sure that everything in there was something that she felt comfortable with, she thought was real to her life, and felt represented her.”

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