Connie Britton on exploring shades of Faye in 'American Crime Story'
When an actress hears about a juicy role in a watercooler-ready mini******, she crosses her fingers and hopes for the phone to ring. Right?
“Let's be clear: I called Ryan [Murphy],” Britton told Mashable when asked how she scored her brief but incredibly fun-to-watch turn as Faye Resnick — the Beverly Hills socialite and close friend of murder victim Nicole Brown Simpson — on FX’s American Crime Story: The People Vs. O.J. Simpson.
Britton and Murphy had collaborated before, of course, on the first season of American Horror Story. So when she heard that he was working on a true Crime ****** about Simpson's murder trial, Britton didn’t wait to get in touch. Read more...