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performances The Juice had trouble relating to this because he had always been secure in his performances on the gridiron When OJ stepped onto the playing field he was in command and there was no time" for self doubt This level of confidence carried over into acting ca reer and he was genuinely puzzled by his fellow actors' dilemma During the filming of and Blue (9 11 pm Sunday Ch 2) OJ felt the first pangs of self doubt His strong suit has always been his ability to rely on his sense of humor but the film's director EW Swackhamer wanted OJ to explore the role (of Michael Brennan a private investigator working for a dead man who becomes entangled in a gangland dope deal) and get more out of a line than the obvious laugh The approach was to define Brennan as a man who takes his job seriously but also has a very human side This change in direction gave the Juice a few sleepless nights He questioned I playing Mich ael 'Brennan the right way or am I too dull in the Eventually the question was answered as the character became multi dimensional according to Swackhamer OJ began to feel comfortable with the dramatic approach and Michael Brennan began to unfold Simpson left at least a part of his heart in San rancisco and he went back to retrieve memories re cently when filming the NBC TV drama It gave him the opportunity to go home again Most exterior scenes for the two hour adventure drama take private detective Michael Brennen (Simpson) through the streets and scenes of San rancisco searching for a blue eyed blonde and searching for clues involving a drug racket Simpson grew up in San rancsico left to go to college at USC where he was destined to begin a stel lar career in football and later in acting and produc ing Living in the Los Angeles area now Simpson said "I come up frequently to visit my parents But 1 try to get my family to visit me more than I visit Simpson and the production crew spent three days in San rancisco filming key exterior scenes after completing interiors in Los Angeles As he moved from one location to another he pointed out places he remembered from his childhood in the city One scene was filmed at China Basin used to work on the boats over he said used to kill spiders and scorpions on the banana boats and 1 help ed unload the tuna Then on San rancisco Bay he pointed out a pier from which he used to catch perch then sell it to people in the government housing project in Potrero Hills where he lived Driving through Pacific Heights he spied the condo he owns and leases to tenants have to come up here sometime to take care of the Later he said a kid I always wanted to live in an apartment over He pointed to the Marina dis trict on the way to the Golden Gate Bridge was my real had a friend who was a busboy at the yacht club over there" he continued he owns Chez Michel a top San rancisco It seems OJ and his friend realized their dreams in San rancisco Guest starring in the movie are Eugene Roche as Sgt Khoury a policeman who works as an advisor Io Brennen Candy Clark as Truhann Gideon who be comes romantically involved with Brennen in an ef fort to obtain information and Cliff Gorman Mau reen Anderman and Cindy Pickett key members of the powerful and unscrupulous Anatole family Also guest starring in the dramatic film arc Irena erris as Leonard Cimino as the patri arch of the Anatole family Tracy Reed as Brennen's ex wife Van Neessa Clarke as the Anatole maid who hears everything and Keye Luke as Tan Ng a Chi nese drug dealer who attempts to hire Brennen to keep him quiet When Author red Zackel wrote and Blue the lead character Michael Brennen was Irish often people don't think about minority actors to play roles that are basically said Simpson knew Brennen could be black red any thing And since I'm executive producer of and Blue I cast myself in the role" The author is very pleased Simpson did the film wish him a lot of success his success is our suc he said while on a visit to the set 3 co o' iri ut a.