In an effort to be as accurate as possible in recounting the 1998 scandal involving Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky was very involved in the creative process.

Some of the cast and crew explained during a Television Critics Association press tour panel that she had a say in “every word” and “every script page” of the show.

Speaking specifically to the second episode, actress Beanie Feldstein said, “When I received the scripts, I knew that every word that I was saying was approved and had been to Monica first… [The producers] would go through the scripts with her and [she would] give all her feedback and her notes. And by the time it got to me, I was sure that everything in there was something that she felt comfortable with, she felt was real to her life and represented her.”

Executive producer/writer Sarah Burgess said she and EP Ryan Murphy met with Lewinsky privately. For episode 2, Burgess “added a couple of moments that Monica told me about, and went through all of that with her to make it as accurate as possible.”

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