‘White House Plumbers’ Trailer: See Woody Harrelson & Justin Theroux as Watergate Masterminds (VIDEO)
Watergate comes to TV once more in White House Plumbers.
HBO has shared the premiere date and trailer showing Woody Harrelson (True Detective, Cheers) and Justin Theroux (The Leftovers) as the men who would inadvertently kick Richard Nixon out of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. “The President is a good man,” G. Gordon Liddy (Theroux) says, sitting next to E. Howard Hunt (Harrelson) and adding, “between you and me, I worry about some of the people with whom he surrounds himself.” Watch the trailer above.
White House Plumbers, premiering Monday, May 1 at 9/8c, tells the story of how Nixon’s own political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds, Hunt and Liddy accidentally toppled the presidency they were zealously trying to protect. It’s based in part on public records and the book Integrity by Egil “Bud” Krogh and Matthew Krogh. Egil is played by Rich Sommer (Mad Men) in the series.
The trailer for the five-episode limited series shows off the impressive cast, which includes Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) as Dorothy Hunt, Domhnall Gleeson (The Patient) as Nixon’s White House Counsel John Dean, Judy Greer (Reboot) as Fran Liddy, Kiernan Shipka (Swimming With Sharks) as Kevan Turner, Tony Plana (Room 104) as Eugenio “Muscolito” Martinez, and Kathleen Turner (The Kominsky Method) as Dita Beard.
The dramedy also stars Toby Huss (Blonde) as James McCord, Ike Barinholtz (The Afterparty) as Jeb Magruder, Kim Coates (Sons of Anarchy) as Frank Sturgis, Yul Vazquez (Books of Blood) as Bernard “Macho” Barker, Alexis Valdés (Natural Born Narco) as Felipe De Diego, Nelson Ascencio (Gordita Chronicles) as Virgilio “Villo” Gonzalez, Zoe Levin (Bonding) as Lisa Hunt, and Liam James (Deadly Class) as Saint John Hunt.
White House Plumbers is directed and executive produced by David Mandel; created, written, and executive produced by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck; executive produced by Frank Rich, David Bernad, Gregg Fienberg, Justin Theroux, Woody Harrelson, Len Amato, and Ruben Fleischer. The limited series is an HBO co-production with executive producers Paul Lee, Mark Roybal, and Nne Ebong.
White House Plumbers, Limited Series Premiere, Monday, May 1, 9/8c, HBO
