VIDEO: Malcolm-Jamal Warner Talks 'The People v O.J. Simpson on TODAY

In "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story," Malcolm-Jamal Warner plays A.C. Cowlings, the friend behind the wheel of the white Ford Bronco that carried Simpson in the famous low-speed police chase. The actor stopped by TODAY to talk about filming the scene that we know so little about, and about the role he actually auditioned for before being cast as Cowlings.

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