Domhnall Gleeson (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) is set to star in HBO’s upcoming political series The White House Plumbers that covers the Watergate scandal that ended Richard Nixon’s presidency, according to Deadline. He joins Woody Harrelson (Venom: Let There Be Carnage) and Justin Theroux (On The Basis of Sex) in the series.
The White House Plumbers tells “the true story of how Nixon’s own political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds, E. Howard Hunt (Harrelson), and G. Gordon Liddy (Theroux), accidentally toppled the presidency they were zealously trying to protect.”
Gleeson will play John Dean, “the brilliant, ambitious and youthful White House Counsel who orchestrates the illegal cover-up that brought down Nixon and his administration.”
The White House Plumbers is a co-production between HBO and wiip that was created by Veep executive producers Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck. Also coming over from Veep is David Mandel, who will direct the series and executive produce with Gregory, Huyck and Frank Rich. David Bernard is also producing through the production company The District alongside Venom director Ruben Fleischer.
Domhnall Gleeson will be next been seen in Peter Rabbit 2 this summer.
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Originally published April 30, 2021. Updated April 29, 2021.
