The producers of “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” went to great lengths to cast doppelganger actors to play the real people involved, but there was one case where they were able to enlist a key “player” that is still around: Robert Kardashian’s former home!
The sprawling contemporary dwelling located on a secluded street in the Santa Monica Mountains at 16254 Mandalay Drive in Encino, was leased about a month before the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.
When the hysteria surrounding the case started to get to O.J. Simpson, Robert offered to let the disgraced football star use the five-bedroom, five-bath, 7,104-sq. ft. home as a sort of “hideout.”
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Built in 1957 on less than half an acre of land, the home was extensively remodeled in hopes of selling it, but when no buyers emerged, it was leased to Robert.
The real-life interior of the house was also used in the movie. That really was “Kimmie’s room” in which O.J.’s suicide threat played out.
The house last changed hands in 1997, when it sold for $830,000. It was most recently listed in 2014 for $1.85 million.
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Other locations in the production were not quite as realistic — and for very good reasons.
Simpson’s Brentwood home was torn down in 1998, so producers found a similar Tudor-style estate in Beverly Hills and recreated some features — such as the life-size statue of the Juice — to replicate the look of the actual place.
A similar house a block away stood in for Nicole’s home because the original was extensively remodeled after it was sold in 1996. The address was also changed, in a bid to deter curious tourists.
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The Mezzaluna restaurant closed in 1997, and the building now houses a Peet’s Coffee & Tea shop.
And commuters on the 405 freeway were not inconvenienced by another low-speed Bronco chase! Producers shot that on a 1-mile stretch of the 710 South in Alhambra, Calif., over the course of several days.
