Cuba Gooding Jr. to play O.J. Simpson in TV miniseries

UPI ^ | December 10, 2014 | Kate Stanton

[ConservativeStatement]

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Glee creator Ryan Murphy has cast two stars for his upcoming FX miniseries, American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, a dramatization of the double murder case that captivated the nation in 1995.

Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire) will play O.J. Simpson, the football star accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and waiter Ronald Lyle Goldman. Sarah Paulson, who worked with Murphy on American Horror Story, will play prosecutor Marcia Clarke.

[Phlap]

A good choice of actors imho plus he is a hockey fan so he can't be all bad.

[Svartalfiar]

Tom Cruise may be short and he may be intense, but he's anything but an actor.

He has never successfully portrayed anyone but Tom Cruise - ever.

Bahahaha that's funny. Every time I get into a conversation about movies/actors, I end up mentioning Tom Cruise is the main actor I know, cause every movie he's in all I see Tom Cruise, not whoever he's 'acting'.

[DiogenesLamp]

Who wants to bet that they are going to portray OJ Simpson as innocent of the crime?

[FourtySeven]

Maybe we should riot. Seems to be the in thing these days.

[DiogenesLamp]

Wonder how they will play the spin..will it be OJ being framed by the racist cops like the defense claimed....

You know that it will. Is there any doubt?

[Forward the Light Brigade]

What idiot thought up this idea?—OJ is about as popular as the Bird Flu. This is like the romance movie of Michelle and Obama—What a waste of time and money. Watch as the truth about Obama comes out—like it did the Coz, Obama is as corrupt as they come and when the truth comes out he will be hated.