miniseries as christopher darden i've almost forgotten like what christopher -- who christopher dardens and you've replaced him. like you swallowed him up in a way. have you ever met him? did you talk to him? >> so i reached out during filming and i tried to like facebook friend him. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> i was like hi, my name is sterling k. brown, i've been tasked with portraying you on the new miniseries. i didn't hear anything at all. during the whole time shooting never heard anything. and i met him briefly just within this past year at an event that my wife hosted. he was very kind. very shy. very quiet. and we didn't say too much. and that was the extent of our interaction. >> jimmy: were you disappointed that he didn't say much? >> you know, it was interesting. like i think everything happens exactly the way that it's supposed to. because if we had met and we just didn't get along at all then i was like oh, now i have to play you. that's kind of awkward. et cetera. no. i'm not disappointed. i'm cool with it. >> jimmy: good. you've been an actor for quite some time before peo

he played christopher darden in "the people verses oj simpson." >> this case is a circus and the defenseit was like what do you want to do? how can we be in partnership with you? and you are like me? after just like waiting for people like oh, i have a moment to be able to work at what you love, that's success. this is just crazy. like delicious crazy. i had a great biscuit and now i am sobbing and it is just stupid good. >> in his latest film "waves," brown plays the domineer father in a family navigating heartbreak and loss. >> what was it about this story that jumped off the page to you? >> this guy is a father who's very much present for his family but is a hardm man. i enjoyed the challenge of inhabiting people who are not readily likable but who are humane and good and my goal is not to be liked but to be understood. >> the theme in this film are personal. he was just a young boy when he lost his father suddenly to a heart attack. today it serared into his memor. >> the whole dynamic with father and son resonates with me really strong right now. my dad was 45 when he passed away an