Watergate involves TV as soon as extra in White House Plumbers.
HBO shared the premiere date and first teaser on Friday, December 9, displaying Woody Harrelson (True Detective, Cheers) and Justin Theroux (The Leftovers) as the lads who would inadvertently kick Richard Nixon out of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
White House Plumbers, premiering in March 2023, tells the story of how Nixon’s personal political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds, E. Howard Hunt (Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Theroux) unintentionally toppled the presidency they had been zealously making an attempt to guard. It’s based mostly partly on public data and the ebook Integrity by Egil “Bud” Krogh and Matthew Krogh. Egil is performed by Rich Sommer (Mad Men) within the sequence.
“Gentlemen, the President needs men of action,” Gleeson’s Dean tells Hunt and Liddy within the teaser above. “Your new mission is to make sure he wins this election.” Harrelson inquires what that entails, and the reality comes out. “Sabotage, espionage, infiltration, bare-knuckle tactics. Same s**t they do to us every election,” Gleeson replies.
Hunt and Liddy are then planted as White House workers and warned of getting caught. Harrelson chuckles on the thought, however everyone knows what’s in retailer. Check out the tongue-in-cheek teaser above to get a glimpse into Harrelson and Theroux’s wry pair.
The White House Plumbers teaser reveals off the spectacular solid, which incorporates Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) as Dorothy Hunt, Domhnall Gleeson (The Patient) as Nixon’s White House Counsel John Dean, Judy Greer (Reboot) as Fran Liddy, Kiernan Shipka (Swimming With Sharks) as Kevan Turner, Tony Plana (Room 104) as Eugenio “Muscolito” Martinez, and Kathleen Turner (The Kominsky Method) as Dita Beard.
The dramedy additionally stars Toby Huss (Blonde) as James McCord, Ike Barinholtz (The Afterparty) as Jeb Magruder, Kim Coates (Sons of Anarchy) as Frank Sturgis, Yul Vazquez (Books of Blood) as Bernard “Macho” Barker, Alexis Valdés (Natural Born Narco) as Felipe De Diego, Nelson Ascencio (Gordita Chronicles) as Virgilio “Villo” Gonzalez, Zoe Levin (Bonding) as Lisa Hunt, and Liam James (Deadly Class) as Saint John Hunt.
White House Plumbers is directed and govt produced by David Mandel; created, written, and govt produced by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck; govt produced by Frank Rich, David Bernad, Gregg Fienberg, Justin Theroux, Woody Harrelson, Len Amato, and Ruben Fleischer. The restricted sequence is an HBO co-production with govt producers Paul Lee, Mark Roybal, and Nne Ebong.
White House Plumbers, Limited Series Premiere, March 2023, HBO