'White House Plumbers' review: A laugh-out-loud spin on the Watergate break-in : NPR
Table Of Content Rich Sommer as Egil Krogh The real G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt Watergate was bad. They were worse. Expand lifestyle menu ‘White House Plumbers’ Review: Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux in HBO’s Exhaustingly Hijinks-Heavy Watergate Comedy There are reports that she was an asset for the CIA in her own right and would have a hand to play in the Watergate scandal. Most viewers will know Theroux from his roles in Mulholland Drive, Zoolander, The Leftovers and The Mosquito Coast. He is also a writer (Tropic Thunder, Iron Man 2, Rock of Ages) and an Emmy-winning producer for the specials Live in Front of a Studio Audience. Like Hunt, G. Gordon Liddy was a former federal agent, previously working for the FBI before he started working for the Plumbers. Liddy is a bit of an eccentric, with Politico calling him "Watergate's most colorful character," which is not an empty distinction. Viewers of the show will see early on how Justin Theroux brings those