LOS ANGELES – To prepare for “Clipped,” a look at Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and the racist remarks that brought down his kingdom, Ed O’Neill didn’t have to look far.
“I saw one video of him speaking and everything else was in the script,” says the former “Modern Family” star.
For Cleopatra Coleman, who plays Sterling’s assistant V. Stiviano, there were countless videos to peruse. “This was only 10 years ago,” she says of the scandal, but Executive Producer Gina Welch did such intense research “she was really instrumental in filling in a lot of the gaps.”
From left, Jacki Weaver as Shelley Sterling, Ed O’Neill as Donald Sterling, Cleopatra Coleman as V Stiviano in “Clipped.”
Based on the ESPN 30 for 30 podcast, “The Sterling Affairs,” “Clipped” tracks the fallout that occurred after Sterling made racist remarks to Stiviano. The released tapes rocked the NBA and resulted in Sterling’s expulsion but weren’t necessarily the change that was needed.
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