How Julia Roberts and Sean Penn Created the Spark of Gaslit

Their marriage is like Watergate,” Gaslit creator Robbie Pickering says of John and Martha Mitchell, played by Sean Penn and Julia Roberts in his retelling of the Nixon administration scandal. John Mitchell, the president’s attorney general, became infamous after Watergate, but even prior to that he and Martha were notorious around Washington as a hurricane of a couple. “Their marriage was fun to watch and fun to be in but also horrible,” Pickering says, comparing it to the thrill felt by all the president’s men. “Fascism is fucking fun for a while! That’s why people do it!” Courtesy Hilary Bronwyn… Read Full Article