Anyone else wondering what Olivia Pope might have to say about this first look at Kerry Washington fielding questions in HBO’s Confirmation?
The Scandal star will play Anita Hill — a lawyer who worked as an adviser to the Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and who later was called upon to testify about reports he had sexually harassed her — in the upcoming dramatization of Thomas’ 1991 confirmation hearings.
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Wendell Pierce (The Wire) will play Thomas in a cast that also includes Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine) as current United States Vice President Joe Biden, who oversaw the hearings; Jennifer Hudson (Empire) as witness Angela Wright; Jeffrey Wright (Boardwalk Empire) as Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree; and Alison Wright (The Americans) as Thomas’ wife, attorney Virginia “Ginni” Thomas.
In the following sneak preview shot, Washington’s Hill looks rather harried as she stands in front of a bunch of microphones, ostensibly at a press conference and begging the question: Where the heck is a good fixer when you need one?
Take a good look at the photo, then hit the comments with your thoughts: Will you watch Washington & Co. in the historical flick?
