Courtney B. Vance is taking a cigarette break.
After playing defense attorney Johnnie Cochran onAmerican Crime Story: The People vs. O.J.
The filmmaker says theERandLaw & Order: Criminal Intentactor was ideal for a character who both endears and angers.
I just fell in love with his work on the O.J.
The question of Nick was, How do you make the head lobbyist for Big Tobacco your hero?
And I watched Courtney and thought: He could do that.
Weve done 40 readings over five years.
L.A. to New York, Toronto, and Montreal, he said.
Its a question that has come up every year.
Why dont you do one of your own movies?
But always felt a little presumptuous.
Then he hit a milestone that made him decide to rethink that.
But its sincerely a little bit scary.
He says the line, The great state of Vermont will not apologize for its cheese!
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