Cuba Gooding, Jr., Talks to Jeffrey Toobin About O. J. Simpson
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🗓️ 16 February 2016
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More than twenty years ago, the L.A.P.D. chased O. J. Simpson’s white Bronco, kicking off a murder trial that captivated the nation. The New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin wrote a book about the Simpson case, “The Run of His Life,” which is now the source for the television miniseries “The People vs. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story.” In a conversation with Toobin, Cuba Gooding, Jr., who plays Simpson in the show, explains that as a “young, black entertainer” he celebrated the acquittal verdict, but filming the show changed his feelings.
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| 1:18.5 | Tubin talks to the Academy Award-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. Goodying is playing the title |
| 1:24.6 | role in The People v. O.J. Simpson, a TV series based on |
| 1:28.6 | Tubin's 1996 book about the Simpson trial, The Run of His Life. |
| 1:36.2 | O.J. Simpson formally charged today with two counts of murder. He was supposed to surrender |
| 1:42.4 | at 11 o'clock a day. More than 20 years ago, a white |
| 1:46.4 | bronco with O.J. Simpson in the passenger seat took a long, meandering drive down to Los Angeles |
| 1:52.8 | freeway with the LAPD in pursuit and the entire country watching on television. This is Larry King |
| 1:59.2 | as we stay atop this scene. We're seeing a car that's |
| 2:03.2 | been pulling up, pulling back, and now we see the white bronco take off at a speed that's |
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