A real-life story that tapped into America’s ugliest obsessions – race, sex, drugs, money, fame.
With its mix of race, gender, celebrity status and politics, the OJ Simpson trial gripped America in 1995 and 20 years after the verdict, Ryan Murphy’s 10-part series, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, revisits and unfolds the events of the eight-month criminal trial wherein a famous basketball player and actor (O.J. Simpson) was accused of brutally killing his wife (Nicole Brown Simpson) and her friend (Ronald Goldman).
The case that started off as a high profile celebrity case quickly went on to become famous with a magnitude that affected the American economy, greatly costing the nation an estimated $480 million in output loss on the day of the verdict. The series focusses on exploring the chaotic behind-the-scenes dealings and manoeuvring on both sides of the court, and how a combination of prosecution overconfidence, defence shrewdness and the LAPD's history with the city's African-American community gave a jury what it needed: reasonable doubt.
The show has a power-packed all-ensemble cast including Cuba Gooding Jr. (OJ Simpson), John Travolta (OJ's defense attorney Robert Shapiro), David Schwimmer (OJ’s loyal friend and attorney Robert Kardashian), Sarah Paulson (Head Prosecutor Marcia Clark), Courtney B Vance (American lawyer and lead for the defense team for OJ Johnnie Cochran) and Selma Blair (the murdered Nicole’s close friend and Robert Kardashian’s ex-wife Kris Jenner) all in lead roles on the show.
Speaking of making a show based on a real-life story that tapped into America’s ugliest obsessions – race, sex, drugs, money, fame, Ryan Murphy stated, “There were some people involved who did not want to speak to us, and they wanted no involvement with us, and there were some who were, and there were some who wanted involvement that we did not go after."
OJ Simpson continues to be one of the most famous celebrities of all time – it is debatable whether he is popular as a basketball player and actor or a criminal celebrity simply popular for his presence across all crime tabloids that ever existed. From being heralded as the trial of the century 20 years ago, its television counterpart is all set to mark its premiere this Monday, February 8 at 10 pm on Star World Premiere HD in a bid to becoming a television event in itself, 20 years later in 2016.
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