The teaser for Gaslit highlights Roberts as Martha Mitchell, a celebrity socialite from Arkansas and wife to President Richard Nixon’s Attorney General John N. Mitchell (Penn).
The first official look at Starz’s upcoming series Gaslit, starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn, was revealed, including a brief teaser as well as some new images.
The series is based on Slate’s award-winning podcast Slow Burn, the first season of which was developed by Robbie Pickering (Mr. Robot) as a modern take on Watergate that focused on Martha Mitchell.
Despite being so closely associated with Nixon, Martha is the first person to publicly note Nixon’s involvement in the infamous Watergate scandal, which sets off a smear campaign against her from the White House.