![]() ![]() So it's actually been really lovely to have these press events where we get to finally see each other and gush over each other's work. My own thread of the story fused with theirs, but we never got to play together. The fact is, I never had a day with Beanie and Sarah, I was just in a completely different storyline. The crazy thing that happened with filming was we all were in our own separate storylines, which I think is also so telling of the overall narrative. Were there any lessons you took away from filming, especially while working with such a star-studded cast? That is always what the heartbreaking part of Paula's story is-that I don't feel like she had much control and she was really being pushed by a lot of outside forces. She also had quite a few right-wing operatives that were kind of coming in and shaping her journey and her choices. She had not only her husband pushing her to come forward, but also pushing her to make each step along the way. Most of her motives were sort of muffled by the actors around her. She was not allowed to really tell her side of the story. I think she was very misunderstood in the moment, because she was not allowed agency over her story. She was the string that sort of unraveled the tapestry, which is something that people forget about. Paula Jones was a catalyst for the house of cards falling. Sela Shiloni When you think of Paula Jones, the person, and then also the Paula Jones that you portray in the series, would you describe her as someone who was misunderstood at the time? It's always an exciting challenge to tackle a larger-than-life character and make sure that she's still human and not a caricature. I found that my entry point into this story as a young teenager was through late-night comedy, and most of the knowledge that I had was people making jokes about her coming from a trailer park and about her looks. She had a very extreme look that was just brutalized by the media and the comedy world of the '90s. The other thing that's interesting to me about Paula Jones is she's got a very extreme dialect. All she wanted was to make her husband happy and get an apology. We're so much more familiar with her involvement in the political arena for the last eight years, but it was interesting to revisit the origins of her life in the public eye. I realized the tension at the beginning of this saga was really Jones just aiming to please her husband-that was her main motive. ![]() As I started to research Paula Jones, so fascinating. I'm always excited to be a part of anything that Ryan Murphy is involved in. ![]() What attracted you to the role of Paula Jones, and why did you want to be part of retelling one of the most infamous periods of time in U.S. "It's making us reconcile with the fact that we were a part of shaming, politically ridiculing these women who had no agency or voice over their own narrative."īelow, Ashford details what attracted her to the role of Paula Jones, how Impeachment will change the perception of the women involved with the Clinton scandal, and what our long-lasting interest in that moment in time says about Americans at large. "One of the most exciting things about these installments of American Crime Story is that they force us to take a closer look at a moment in history that we were complicit in as a culture," Ashford tells. ![]() The first woman to accuse the former president of sexual misconduct, she and her accusations only gained the spotlight when news of the president's inappropriate affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky came to light. Jones was a major figure in the investigative case and the media circus that followed. The actress and Broadway star plays the former Arkansas state employee in Ryan Murphy's latest iteration of American Crime Story, titled Impeachment, in which President Bill Clinton's 1998 sex scandal- and the women involved-take center stage. Annaleigh Ashford wants you to remember the impact of Paula Jones. ![]()
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