Gaslit: Julia Roberts stars in the shockingly true story
Gaslit is the upcoming political series expected to become a huge hit, which will see Julia Roberts return to screens to portray Martha Mitchell, the unlikely whistleblower of President Nixon’s Watergate scandal. Fans were looking forward to seeing the drama after Starz released the trailer on Wednesday, which featured the award-winning actress looking completely unrecognisable.
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Gaslit will follow Matha Mitchell (played by Julia Roberts) as she sets out to reveal the truth about the major political scandal, Watergate.
Martha was the first person to bust the case wide open which led her to face a misogynistic smear campaign from the White House.
She was an unlikely whistleblower because Martha was the wife of then-President Nixon’s attorney general, John N. Mitchell (Sean Penn).
The scandal took the world by storm as she was up against the entire White House despite only being seen as a ditzy wife and socialite.
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The trailer transported viewers back to 1972 when the scandal first made headlines, it also showed Roberts looking far from her usual self.
With the iconic 70’s hairstyles and the outfits of high standing women of those days, the actress emulated Martha Mitchell for the unflinching depiction.
Penn also underwent a dramatic makeover for his role as the attorney general, John N. Mitchell.
The actor traded his tousled locks and jeans for a receding hairline, rounded belly and a smoking pipe to capture a politician in the 70s.
Martha’s unparalleled motivation to expose the Watergate conspiracy threatened to jeopardise her husband's career who then used reprehensible tactics to discredit her claims.