History Trivia / Impeachment

** Monica Lewinsky picked Creator/BeanieFeldstein to play her after being impressed with her work in ''Film/{{Booksmart}} and due to sharing a similar background of being L.A. Jewish women.

* CreatorChosenCasting: Monica Lewinsky chose Beanie Feldstein to portray her after enjoying her performance in ''Film/{{Booksmart}}.

* ApprovalOfGod: Linda Tripp died a year before the show aired, but her daughter Allison told Creator/SarahPaulson personally that she probably would have liked her portrayal.

** George Conway is played by George Salazar.
** George Stephanopoulos is played by George H. Xanthis.

* TheDanza: George Conway is played by George Salazar.

* CreatorBacklash: Downplayed, but Creator/SarahPaulson admitted regret over having to wear a fat suit to portray Linda Tripp instead of a plus-sized actress being cast (even though Paulson also gained 30 pounds), saying she didn't think enough about the implications when she accepted the role.

* RealitySubtext: Thanks to behind-the-scenes difficulties, ''Impeachment'' didn't begin pre-production until the Summer of 2019. Just a few months after work began on that season, it was announced that then-incumbent President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump would be facing an impeachment investigation of his own.

* DisownedAdaptation: Paula Jones was furious about her portrayal, despite it being fairly sympathetic, saying she came off as an annoying idiot. For her part, Annaleigh Ashford said she completely understood the sentiment.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: According to Beanie Feldstein she noted that Darren Goldstein, who portrayed the pugnacious bully Jackie Bennett, was quite friendly to her between takes and they'd have conversations about musicals and his children.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Creator/RyanMurphy had declared in April 2018 that the season about the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal and Bill Clinton's subsequent impeachment was scrapped and no longer in development (back when it was supposed to be the fourth season of ''Series/AmericanCrimeStory''), but in August 2019, it was announced that the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal season was back in development as the third season of the series; instead, it was the original third season (about Hurricane Katrina) that was effectively scrapped (or at the very least indefinitely postponed).

** The story about the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal and Bill Clinton's subsequent impeachment was originally intended to be the fourth season of ''Series/AmericanCrimeStory'', following a season about Hurricane Katrina (tentatively titled ''Katrina''); however, it was eventually brought forward as the third season instead (titled ''Impeachment''), with the season about Hurricane Katrina being put on DevelopmentHell.

* ApprovalOfGod: Linda Tripp died a year before the show aired, but her daughter Allison told Sarah Paulson personally that she probably would have liked her portrayal.

** The British Creator/CliveOwen plays UsefulNotes/BillClinton, the 42nd President of the United States.

** British actor Creator/AnthonyGreen will portray UsefulNotes/AlGore, the 45th Vice President of the United States.
** Canadian actress Creator/CobieSmulders will portray Ann Coulter.

** British actor Anthony Green will portray UsefulNotes/AlGore, the 45th Vice President of the United States.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/BettyGilpin was originally cast as Ann Coulter, but later recast with Creator/CobieSmulders.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/BettyGilpin was originally cast as Ann Coulter, but was later recast with Creator/CobieSmulders.

** British actor Anthony Green will portray UsefulNotes/Al Gore, the 45th Vice President of the United States.

* FakeAmerican: The British Creator/CliveOwen plays UsefulNotes/BillClinton, the 42nd President of the United States.

* FakeAmerican: The British Creator/CliveOwen plays UsefulNotes/BillClinton, the 42nd President of the United States.