- Monica Lewinsky insisted on keeping an infamous thong-flashing moment in "Impeachment."
- Showrunner and writer Sarah Burgess said she was nervous about "retraumatizing Monica."
- Lewinsky argued that she'd get blamed if the interaction between Clinton and Lewinsky wasn't shown.
Monica Lewinsky said she convinced a slightly reluctant "Impeachment: American Crime Story" showrunner to include a striking scene where she flashes her thong at Bill Clinton.
The upcoming season of the FX series follows the impeachment of Clinton (played by Clive Owen) and the intense scrutiny the then-24-year-old Lewinsky (played by Beanie Feldstein) faced after the public found out about her 18-month-long affair with him.
The season was officially greenlit by FX in 2019, with Lewinsky signed on as a producer.
The 10-part season also depicts some of the events leading up to the impeachment of the president, including a moment from November 1995 when Lewinsky reportedly flashed her thong straps at Clinton while the two were attending a social event at the White House.
Showrunner and writer Sarah Burgess told The Hollywood Reporter in a new feature about the show published on Wednesday that she was hesitant to include the infamous thong-flashing scene in "Impeachment" because she was nervous about "retraumatizing Monica."
Lewinsky, however, disagreed and asked Burgess to keep the scene in the script, arguing that Lewinsky would ultimately get blamed for the omission if the crucial interaction between Clinton and the former White House intern wasn't shown on screen.
"Listen, I would've loved to have been really selfish and said, 'That's great that you guys think we don't have to show that, fantastic,' but I'm incredibly experienced in understanding how people see this story," Lewinsky told THR.
Lewinsky continued that she believes she "shouldn't get a pass" because she's a producer on the show. She added that leaving out the thong-flashing scene would be "unfair to the team and to the project because it would leave everybody vulnerable" to criticism.
Lewinsky also said that "it's really hard" watching Feldstein, Owen, and other "American Crime Story" actors reenact her affair with Clinton and his subsequent impeachment. During production, a therapist kept her company over Zoom as she gave notes and feedback on scripts so she didn't feel completely alone.
At a virtual Television Critics Association panel held on Friday, Feldstein separately explained that Burgess and executive producer Brad Simpson had Lewinsky review the script for each episode. Once Lewinsky had given them her "notes and feedback," Simpson and Burgess brought the scripts to Feldstein.
"When I received the scripts, I knew that every word that I was saying was approved and had been to Monica first," Feldstein said about the second episode.
She added: "I was sure that everything in there was something that she felt comfortable with, she felt was real to her life and felt represented her."
"Impeachment: American Crime Story" premieres September 7 on FX.
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