Paula Jones is speaking out about the portrayal of her inImpeachment: American Crime Story.
The case, which was settled out of court for $850,000, provided the impetus for independent counsel Ken Starr to broaden his investigation into the president’s financial dealings, leading him to look into accusations of other affairs.
In a recent interview withInside Edition, Jones, 54, criticizedImpeachmentas “inaccurate” in how it portrays her.
“The part that I saw about me, most of it was inaccurate,” she said. “It was almost cartoonish-y.”
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“How can they portray somebody accurately if they don’t even call them?” Jones said.
“I find it funny that Monica can have a relationship in the Oval Office, under the Oval desk, yet … people want to hear her story,” she continued about Lewinsky, 48, who served as a co-producer on the series. “It makes no sense to me. I have always been shunned and made fun of.”
Annaleigh Ashford (left), Paula Jones.Kurt Iswarienko/FX; Cynthia Johnson/Getty
When anchor Deborah Norville asked Jones if she feels she was among the “silent founders” of the #MeToo movement, Jones said, “I really don’t have anything to do with the #MeToo movement. Actually, they don’t have anything to do with me. I am just out here alone.”
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Ashford has previously opened up about taking on the role of Jones, noting that she wore prosthetics and worked with a movement and vocal coach to prepare.
“You don’t want to do an impression of the person, but you do want to give their essence,” the 36-year-old actress toldVanity Fairlast week. “So I tried to really pick and choose things about her physicality, things about her vocal timbre and also dialect.”
She added that she was wary of making her portrayal “a caricature.”
“You’re always afraid of making them a caricature because sometimes in real life they feel a little bit larger than life, and she is one of those people,” Ashford said.
source: people.com
