FX released the first trailer for its forthcoming limited series, American Crime Story: The People V. O.J. Simpson. A spin-off of American Horror Story, American Crime Storys first installment, which made Rolling Stones 68 Reasons This Year Will Rule, centers on the infamous 1995 O.J. Simpson murder trial where Simpson was acquitted for the murders of Ronald Goldman and Simpsons ex-wife, Nicole Brown.
Cuba Gooding Jr. stars as O.J. Simpson. The cast also includes John Travolta as defense attorney Robert Shapiro (Travolta is serving double duty as a producer), David Schwimmer as defense attorney Robert Kardashian, Sarah Paulson (who also stars in American Horror Story) as prosecutor Marcia Clark, Courtney B. Vance as defense attorney Johnnie Cochran and Bruce Greenwood as Los Angeles Country District Attorney Gil Garcetti.
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For those whowitnessed the real-life Trial of the Century, the one-minute clip will feel familiar. The words You saw the chase flash across the screen as the camera traces police chasing a white Bronco on a Los Angeles highway. The phrase You watched the trial is followed by mobs of media, police and others swarming the outside of the courtroom. However, the clip also teases with But you dont know the half of it.
What that might be isnt clear in the short trailer, but it appearsthe story will be told from both the prosecution and defenses perspectives. A Kardashian/Simpson connection is drawn when Schwimmers character says, Hes my friend, I dont turn my back on people. Travoltas character refers to Simpsons suicide note, saying, Who the hell signs a suicide note with a happy face? and race is addressed when Gooding Jr.s character says, You want to make this a black thing? Well, Im not black. Im O.J.
The miniseries isbased on Jeffrey Toobins book, The Run of His Life: The People V. O.J. Simpson and willpremiere on FX on February 2nd.