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  • Julia Roberts talks about her look in the web series ‘Gaslit’

    By IANS

    MUMBAI: Hollywood star Julia Roberts shares in detail about her transformation as Martha Mitchell, with the help of prosthetics in the web series ‘Gaslit’, which also stars Sean Penn.

    Roberts is essaying the character of Martha Elizabeth Beall Mitchell who was the wife of John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General. She was known for her comments against the government during the Watergate scandal in the United States from 1972 to 1974.

    The actress says: “This was a real team effort, and it took a lot of time to create the looks. We had lots of great photos for reference. I think Terrie Owen worked magic with the incredible wigs.”

    She briefs more about her look and how the entire team worked on making it perfect.

    “Jean Black with the makeup and the appliance I wear inside my mouth, and the great Susie DeSanto, who has an incredible eye and was so true to how we wanted Martha to look. It was a lot of work, but it was incredibly fun to cook it up,” she adds.

    Directed by Matt Ross, the series also features Dan Stevens, Betty Gilpin and Shea Wigham, amongst others.

    ‘Gaslit’ will premiere on Lionsgate Play from April 25.

  • Sean Penn wants all cast, crew members of ‘Gaslit’ to be vaccinated

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: Hollywood star Sean Penn has refused to return to work on Starz’s Watergate series ‘Gaslit’ until all cast and crew on the production have had the COVID-19 vaccine.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor’s firm position on mandatory vaccinations comes on the heels of a big spike in virus cases as the highly contagious delta variant spreads throughout California and U.S.

    In Los Angeles County, COVID-19 cases have reached levels not seen since the waning days of the winter spike. Local officials have even warned the vaccinated to also take precautions.

    Penn, who is fully vaccinated and recently returned from Cannes where his film ‘Flag Day’ premiered, has offered to help the Burbank-based production’s vaccination efforts for free through his non-profit CORE.

    The production of ‘Gaslit’ is already subject to Zone A restrictions, where producers have mandated vaccines for cast and crew. Under the current safety protocols, sets are divided up into different “zones” that correspond to proximity to actors and different levels of protection needed.

    Zone A is typically the area on set where cast and crew have to work in close proximity, often without personal protective equipment. Penn, however, wants stricter rules and to include people outside or in close proximity to Zone A.

    Based on Slate’s ‘Slow Burn’ podcast, ‘Gaslit’ is a modern take on Watergate and tells the untold stories of the forgotten characters in the scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon.

    In the series, Penn portrays lawyer and convicted criminal John N. Mitchell, with Julia Roberts starring as Martha Mitchell. The cast also includes Shea Whigham as G. Gordon Liddy and Darby Camp as Mitchell’s daughter, Marty. Betty Gilpin will star as Maureen “Mo” Kane Dean, the wife of John Dean played by Dan Stevens.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, Matt Ross will direct and executive produce the series. The series will be produced by UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, for Starz, with Robbie Pickering on board as showrunner.

  • Dan Stevens replaces Armie Hammer in Julia Roberts-starrer Watergate series ‘Gaslit’

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Actor Dan Stevens has joined Hollywood stars Julia Roberts and Sean Penn in Watergate series “Gaslit”, an upcoming anthology based on award-winning podcast “Slow Burn”. According to Variety, set up at Starz, the first season of the Robbie Pickering-created show will focus on the Watergate scandal that brought down the presidency of Richard Nixon in 1974.

    Stevens, who has previously starred in television hits such as “Downton Abbey” and “Legion”, will play former White House counsel John Dean replacing actor Armie Hammer, who fell off the show in the wake of sexual assault allegations.

    “The show focuses on the untold stories and forgotten characters of the scandal – from Nixon’s bumbling, opportunistic subordinates, to the deranged zealots aiding and abetting their crimes, to the tragic whistleblowers who would eventually bring the whole rotten enterprise crashing down,” the plotline reads.

    Roberts will star as Martha Mitchell, a celebrity Arkansan socialite and wife to Nixon’s loyal Attorney General, John Mitchell (Penn). “Captain Fantastic” director Matt Ross will helm the series, which will be produced by UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, for Starz.