The star says she received a few messages about the news due to her role as the prosecutor in Ryan Murphy's series.Jessica is a staff writer at Entertainment Weekly, where she covers TV, movies, and pop culture. Her work has appeared in Bustle, NYLON, Cosmopolitan, InStyle, and more. She lives in California with her dog.“When I heard that he died, I felt a couple things— or thought a couple things more than felt anything," Paulson shared on Tuesday's episode ofpodcast.
"I thought about that. And I felt bad for his family," Paulson continued. "Because there are people — whether I believe in him or liked him, doesn't matter. I do think he did it — but there are people in the world who he belonged to, who loved him. And that is sad for any person who loses anybody.” Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark in 'The People v. O.J. Simpson'; the real Marcia Clark during the murder trial.“I felt like you probably would have reached out to her," Ferguson said of Clark. "I mean, it was a crazy moment.”anthology that revolved around Simpson's 1995 murder trial, in which the former athlete was acquitted of the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman.
Because of the role, Paulson said she received many messages following Simpson's April 10 death from prostate cancer. "The number of people who texted me as if I was Marcia Clark, you know? Wondering what I thought. And I'm like, well, here are my thoughts as Sarah Paulson," Paulson told Ferguson. "But I don't know how Marcia feels. I am not Marcia Clark.