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Sarah Paulson will once again be portraying a real-life person for Ryan Murphys FX anthology American Crime Story, but her transformation into former White House employee Linda Tripp in the upcoming fourth season, Impeachment, will entail much more work than the one she did to portray prosecutor Marcia Clark in Season 1, The People Vs. O.J. At least in the physical sense.

This is going to require a lot of things, Paulson said during Wednesdays Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Ill be wearing a lot of prosthetics and body transformational accoutrements, if thats a word I can use.

Tripp was a key figure in the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal in 1998, a story that will be the focus of Crime Story Season 4. Impeachment: American Crime Story was originally scheduled to premiere this fall on FX but delayed back in January due to Murphys congested schedule. The season was just two weeks away from going into production when the pandemic hit. It was not long after that when Tripp passed away.

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And I dont know if I ever would have met Linda, or if Linda would have even been open to doing anything like that. But I got as many text messages when she passed away as if I had died or if she was my best friend, Paulson told Jimmy Kimmel. People were like, Im so sorry to hear about Linda and I was like, Im really sorry to hear about it too, but I didnt know her. And it was weird, because I had been spending so much time reading all these books and working with a dialect coach, so I was immersed in this. It was a very wild thing and it really did make me sad.

No new production start or premiere date has been set for Impeachment: American Crime Story, which also stars Clive Owen as Bill Clinton, Beanie Feldstein as Monica Lewinksy, Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones, Billy Eichner as Matt Drudge and Betty Gilpin as Ann Coulter.

Watch Paulsons interview with Kimmel above.

With all due respect to "America's Got Talent," summer is not exactly the time when Nielsen ratings threaten to fall off the charts -- at least, not the top of the charts. And when it comes to new series, a summer slot isn't generally a vote of confidence from the network.

Due to coronavirus production shutdowns, Summer 2020 should be an especially soft season. Click through our gallery to see how each freshman show's debut on broadcast television fared in total viewers.

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With all due respect to "America's Got Talent," summer is not exactly the time when Nielsen ratings threaten to fall off the charts -- at least, not the top of the charts. And when it comes to new series, a summer slot isn't generally a vote of confidence from the network.

Due to coronavirus production shutdowns, Summer 2020 should be an especially soft season. Click through our gallery to see how each freshman show's debut on broadcast television fared in total viewers.

Also Read: 2020-2021 TV Season: Every Broadcast Show Canceled, Renewed and Ordered So Far (Updating)

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Sarah Paulson Says Her Transformation Into Linda Tripp for 'American Crime Story' Will Require 'A Lot of Prosthetics' (Video) - TheWrap