FX has found its Johnnie Cochran.
he network has tapped Law & Order: Criminal Intent alum Courtney B. Vance to play O.J. Simpson's defense attorney in FX's American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson — the first season of the upcoming anthology from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk — is based on Jeffrey Toobin's best-selling book The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson.
Vance will play the attorney who famously said, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit," during the defense's closing arguments in one of the most closely followed trials of the century. Vance's role comes after his wife, Angela Bassett, recently worked with Murphy and Falchuk on the past few seasons of FX's American Horror Story
he network has tapped Law & Order: Criminal Intent alum Courtney B. Vance to play O.J. Simpson's defense attorney in FX's American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson — the first season of the upcoming anthology from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk — is based on Jeffrey Toobin's best-selling book The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson.
Vance will play the attorney who famously said, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit," during the defense's closing arguments in one of the most closely followed trials of the century. Vance's role comes after his wife, Angela Bassett, recently worked with Murphy and Falchuk on the past few seasons of FX's American Horror Story
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