David Schwimmer, best known for playing Ross on Friends, has been cast to play Robert Kardashian on the new FX anthology series American Crime Story: The People v O.J. Simpson. Schwimmer joins previously announced miniseries stars Cuba Gooding Jr. as O.J. Simpson and American Horror Story‘s Sarah Paulson as Prosecutor Marcia Clark.
The FX miniseries is based on the Jeffrey Toobin book The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson. Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, Brad Falchuk, and Dante Di Loreto are executive producing. Alexander and Karaszewski adapted the book for the miniseries and Murphy’s set to direct the first episode.
Filming will take place in LA in early 2015.
The Plot:
American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson is a look at the O.J. Simpson trial told from the perspective of the lawyers. It explores the chaotic behind-the-scenes dealings and maneuvering on both sides of the court, and how a combination of prosecution overconfidence, defense shrewdness, and the LAPD’s history with the city’s African-American community gave a jury what it needed: reasonable doubt.
(Updated with a photo of Schwimmer in character.)
