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When OJ Simpson Almost Played The Terminator
OJ Simpson, who has died at 76 after a life defined by football success and beating double murder charges, could have been defined by something else: playing
He was inspired by Simpsons 1970s Hertz ads, in which the former Buffalo Bills running back was seen racing through an airport and leaping a counter to get to his rental car. The idea of casting Simpson isn’t as wild as it sounds in retrospect, especially if you only know him for his trials — or his comedic turn in the Naked Gun films. In the 1970s, Simpson had a respectable acting career with roles in the television miniseries Roots(1977), and in the movies The Klansman(1974), The Towering Inferno(1974), and Capricorn One(1978).
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