>> i'm atticus finch. >> an all-star cast has adapted an american classic, "to kill a mockingbird," for broadway. >> excuse me, mr. finch! >> but some changes have been made to the masterpiece, and that's always risky business. >> this is going to be incredibly exciting. i get to do a play again, i get to be involved with this material. and, i'm never going to make it out of this alive. >> really? >> yeah, you know, the book is revered, and what could i possibly do but screw it up? >> have you screwed it up? >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm lesley stahl. >> i'm scott pelley. >> i'm anderson cooper. >> i'm bill whitaker. those stories, tonight, on "60 minutes." now, i know you said not to get you a gift, but you're the most important person in the world to me. you are. and since you love coffee and lattes and cappuccinos, i got you a keurig k-cafÉ brewer! ♪ ♪ i love you man, i don't know what to say. i love you. no, listen to me. listen to me. i do! stop it. you stop! just... i love you. and i love this. look, i love you. ♪ ♪ keurig. brew the love. so shark invented duo clean. while deep clean

atticus finch, in terms of roles of a lifetime, this has to be right up there. >> i had some pretty greatg. and she said, this is the role of a lifetime. and i go, yeah, i'm realizing that. it's a joy. >> aaron sorkin said when he was reimagining this, he said there was only one name that came to his mind to play this role. and it was you. he said, we wrote it for jeff. >> that doesn't happen very often. >> it doesn't, does it? >> i have a great relationship with aaron. and "newsroom" was three years. when a writer gets to tailor a role for an actor like a suit, when this came along, he got to do it again. and he knows me better than i know me. and it's really a joy to see what he did with it. and to take harper lee and wrap it around me and what he wants to do with it, it's been a joy. we have a good thing. >> he's so famous for his lickety-split dialogue. do you do mouth limbering exercises? >> i have a 15-minute -- >> can you give us a little bit? >> everyone in america will back up about 15 feet from the tv. i can really -- i do the whole thing. >> you have to. >> you have to. >> it's

. >> some commentators have called this our atticus finch moment, recalling the famous novel "to killockingbird" by harper lee. >> stephen: yes, he's saying that brett kavanaugh in this situation is the same as a black man accused of sexual assaulting a white woman in 1930's mississippi. and it makes sense. i mean, who can forget the dramatic courtroom scene? ( as gregory peck ): "ladies and gentleman, you're job here today is to determine the truth. does boofing mean farting? ( laughter and applause ) is it-- is it-- you must determine it. this is your job. a sacred honor. is it butt sex? or, as the prosecution would have you believe, is it butt- chugging? ( laughter ) we know it has something to do with the butt. in the name of god, do your duty." ( laughter ) we've got a great show for you tonight. lady gaga is here! ( cheers and applause ) but when we return, we introduce a brand-new segment. stick around. ( band playing "american woman" by lenny kravitz ) ♪ american woman stay away from me ♪ ♪ american woman mama let me be ♪ ♪ this is peggy. (vo) you do more than rescue pets when

prosecutor, a man named curtis chatham, also -- some say he was at least in part the character of atticus finch was influenced by chatham. chatham wanted a conviction. again, journalists black and white, north and south commented on how good a job he did with very, very little time, how clearly -- especially when they described his closing arguments -- how serious he was about this. none of that mattered. it didn't matter a bit, again, because the jury was 12 white men. why were there only 12 white men on a jury in mississippi? because the county, which was two-thirds black, had not a single african-american voter. which does make you think about the importance of voting beyond just the voting itself in an era of voter suppression. so many things, again, about the story, the photo of emmett -- the very, very famous photo. i'm not going to show it to you. that's too hard to look at. the photo of emmett till this his coffin. -- in his coffin. there's a way that's often depicketted. in the new yorker just a couple of years ago, david remnick -- was it something i said? is. [laughter] >> we're good