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"Show me the compliments! Cuba Gooding Jr. sat down with HuffPost Live on Monday, February 1, and revealed why his American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson costar John Travolta might be the person who he has most enjoyed sharing scenes with.Gooding, 48, who plays O.J. Simpson in the 10-part FX miniseries about the seminal murder trial, praised Travolta, 61, for creating so many &amp;quot;iconic&amp;quot; characters over the course of his career.&amp;quot;People ask me what my favorite movie is, and I always say, &amp;apos;It&amp;apos;s my favorite movie experiences that I had on the set that I see as my awards for having the career that I have&amp;apos; &amp;#x2014; Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro and now John Travolta, who might be my favorite costar of all time,&amp;quot; the Oscar-winning actor said before adding: &amp;quot;Forgive me, Tom Cruise.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;Gooding starred with Nicholson in 1997&amp;apos;s As Good As It Gets, De Niro in 2000&amp;apos;s Men of Honor and Cruise in 1996&amp;apos;s Jerry Maguire.Gooding then shared a tale Travolta told him about Michael Jackson initially offering &amp;quot;Wanna Be Startin&amp;apos; Somethin&amp;apos;&amp;quot; to him to record before ultimately deciding to save it for himself. The tune became the fourth hit single off Jackson&amp;apos;s 1982 album, Thriller.&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s stories like that that are real rewards for acting with icons like that,&amp;quot; Gooding said.American Crime Story premieres on FX on Tuesday, February 2, at 10 p.m. EST."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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