ART MIMICS LIFE : LOCAL ACTOR HELPS RE-CREATE SIMPSON TRIAL.Byline: Sherry Joe Crosby Daily News Staff Writer Stanton Rutledge has the looks, the moves and cocky cock·y adj. cock·i·er, cock·i·est Overly self-assertive or self-confident. cock  i·ly adv. attitude of
John Q. Kelly, the lead attorney for the Nicole Brown Simpson Nicole Brown Simpson (May 19, 1959 – June 12, 1994) was the wife of American football player O.J. Simpson. Found murdered at her home in Los Angeles, California, along with her friend Ronald Goldman, her death led to one of the most controversial and widely-discussed criminal family.
A lucky thing, too, because the Stevenson Ranch Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. resident portrays the attorney in E! Entertainment Television's re-enactment of the civil trial of O.J. Simpson, who faces a wrongful death The taking of the life of an individual resulting from the willful or negligent act of another person or persons. If a person is killed because of the wrongful conduct of a person or persons, the decedent's heirs and other beneficiaries may file a wrongful death action suit by the families of slaying victims Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman Ronald Lyle Goldman (July 2, 1968 – June 12, 1994) was murdered in Los Angeles, California in 1994 at the age of 25 along with his friend Nicole Brown Simpson, the ex-wife of American football player O.J. Simpson. . ``This is as close as anyone can get to the courtroom,'' Rutledge said of the action in the courtroom, which has been closed to television cameras. E! has been re-enacting the civil trial on a one-day delay basis. The show has been extended from an hour to an hour and a half for Simpson's testimony. The work schedule is grueling. The show's writers begin scrutinizing the daily transcripts for the best courtroom drama from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. At 4 a.m. executive producer Richard Camp begins making changes and by 5:30 a.m. Rutledge and the other actors arrive to begin a two-hour rehearsal. Taping starts at 9 a.m. and ends by 2 p.m. ``It's an around-the-clock project,'' Rutledge said. ``We have two hours to rehearse and there's pages and pages of lines.'' The most challenging part is learning the dialogue, including the mistakes made by the principal players as they speak before the jury. ``You have to speak the words like them,'' Rutledge said. ``And you have to trip over words like them.'' Acting is new to Rutledge, former chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of CST CST abbr. 1. Central Standard Time 2. convulsive shock treatment CST Central Standard Time Noun 1. Entertainment, a Culver City-based firm that colorizes older films and provides special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. for the television and motion picture industry. He made the jump to acting four months ago after 16 years of working behind the camera. Within a week of leaving his job, he landed a spot in a nationwide Honda commercial. His next job was the re-enactment show on E! Entertainment Television. ``It's great,'' said Rutledge's wife, Melissa, who watches the show with their two daughters, ages 2 and 7. ``It's such as shock at age 41 to switch careers. It's kind of scary.'' Rutledge prepares for the show by watching TV news segments that show Simpson, the attorneys and plaintiffs walking to and from the Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. Courthouse. Three representatives of the cable network also sit in the courtroom every day, observing the action and giving daily briefings to the actors. The actor said Kelly seems pleased with his portrayal. Two weeks ago, Rutledge said, he and the attorney took photos at the cable network's studios. ``It was like twins,'' Rutledge said. ``We're the same height. It was uncanny. We look so close.'' The show, which gives viewers their only chance to see the closed courtroom's goings-on, has proved a hit for the cable network. Rutledge said the show has doubled E! Entertainment's ratings. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (color) Actor Stanton Rutledge plays John Q. Kelly, lead attorney for the Nicole Brown Simpson family. John Lazar/Special to the Daily News |
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