Who is scandal based off of

Although Scandal does not claim to be ripped from the headlines like many police procedurals, certain plots within the political thriller are loosely based on a few real-life scandals.

Like Olivia, Smith was credited with guiding presidents around potential controversies. During a speech at Syracuse University, Smith elaborated that some scenarios are portrayed accurately, like affairs and election rigging. However, Smith is quick to say that unlike Olivia she did not sleep with any presidents, nor did she have to drag any dead bodies away from the crime scene.

We email. I feel very blessed. So what can we expect from the new season of "Scandal"? Pope, is she coming back, what's going to happen to Harrison, what's going to happen to the firm, about Huck and Quinn's relationship. She says she wouldn't take a case she doesn't think she could move the needle and help them reach their end goal. Another question she gets often, on twitter and in person, is why Olivia Pope always wears white.

The answer is simple: its Smith's favorite color. Car slams into historic Oak Park bike shop. Defense rests its case at Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial. Sam's Toy Box: Hottest kids toys. Having worked as George H. Bush's special assistant and deputy press secretary, held clients such as Lewinsky and Michael Vick, and worked for companies like Wal-Mart and Union Pacific, Smith has plenty of experience as a fixer.

According to Fortune, she served as co-executive producer, alongside Shonda Rhimes, on "Scandal. Washington said, " He's not really at all like Huck — thank god!

I scream very loudly whatever episode number it is … and then we all bang on furniture and yell and scream. When Bellamy Young showed up to audition in her Jackie O best, Rhimes informed her that the role of Mellie would only be a three-episode arc , according to Hollywood Reporter.

Then, they just started writing more nuanced, beautiful, amazing and a juicy mess of stuff for me to play. I really enjoy the friction that Mellie can be in the situation. The writers around episode four started to say, "We want to write a scene for Olivia and Mellie. Young went on to play the part of Mellie all the way to the Oval Office. The giant, fish bowl glasses Olivia is seen drinking her wine out of are from Crate and Barrel , Cosmopolitan reported.

They became so popular that the store struggled to keep them in stock. On top of that, his great-grandfather wrote the screenplay for "Gone With The Wind.

When DuVernay directed an episode of "Scandal, " she became the first African American women to direct a TV episode that was also created by and starring African American women, Cosmopolitan reported. Way before Ben Affleck was in Garner's life, she was married to Foley for two years.