The 10-episode series, set to premiere on February 8, tells the real life story of how the late lawyer Robert's client professional football player OJ Simpson was acquitted of murder.
Schwimmer, 49, said he had little clue about Robert and of what he knew about him made the actor feel the lawyer was messy and conflicted.
"I knew nothing about him, and what appealed to me about it was the idea of the mystery to me, how does a man choose to stand by a good friend, when the world believes or many people believe him guilty of these terrible crimes? Also, given the fact that he was dear friends with Nicole (Brown), it was very complicated and very messy, and I think he was very conflicted."
Schwimmer said he was only when he spoke to Jenner he realised Robert was a man of great faith.
"I spoke to Kris Jenner for a couple of hours, and when I realised rather that he was a man of great faith, he was a very religious man, that, for me, was one of the keys to understanding how he could make this decision to stand by his friend and to stick it out even when there might have been great uncertainty at times or doubt in his own heart.
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