Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux chat with USA TODAY's Marco della Cava about the new HBO series, "White House Plumbers," which explores Watergate.
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The series, written by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck, is based on various accounts of the break-in including "The White House Plumbers: The Seven Weeks That Led to Watergate and Doomed Nixon's Presidency," by Egil "Bud" Krogh and his son, Matthew Krogh.
Egil Krogh, who was imprisoned for his role in Watergate, is played by Rich Sommer ("Mad Men") in "Plumbers." Krogh, who died in 2020, was in charge of Nixon's special investigations unit, and Hunt and Liddy reported to him. The criminal activity undertaken by this group was often comically inept, something Harrelson and Theroux exploited in ways that went beyond the script.
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