Actors Who Never Recovered From Their Most Distressing Roles

Once the initial disgust of her first few cigarettes wore off, Paulson found herself looking forward to the scenes that required her to smoke. Marcia Clark, who Paulson was portraying in The People vs. O.J. Simpson, was a known chair-smoker in real life—which didn't bode well for the actress. Paulson said the ordeal was "a real situation."

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