7 Things You Never Knew About FX's The People v. OJ Simpson

Ryan Murphy consulted with Broadcast Standards and Practices to convey his judicious use of the racial slur that becomes important when Johnnie Cochran, played by Courtney B. Vance, mocks Chris Darden (Sterling Brown) for trying to have the word censored in court.

Brad Simpson noted that people had never heard Nathan Lane say it so many times, and at one point in filming, Vance kept forgetting his lines.