Clive Owen was cast as Bill Clinton on Impeachment: American Crime Story because of his "emotive eyes"

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"Clinton was known for taking up a lot of space in a room and for having a certain type of magnetism, which Clive inherently has. All eyes go to him,” says executive producer Brad Simpson. “Clive has something that Clinton also has, which is a lot going on behind these really emotive eyes. Then there’s the basic thing, of course, that Clive is just an incredible actor.” When Owen was first approached, he had some misgivings over the role. But ultimately, Owen said he was up for the challenge of playing the disgraced president. “There’s something sort of attractive about being scared. It pushes you to do things that you would not ordinarily do,” he says. “And the fascination of trying to recreate some of that footage exactly as it was — I couldn’t shake that off.”