Josh Lucas States Frightening Jury Duty Experience Assisted Cause Him To Sign Up For That Firm

First Released: The month of january 6, 2012 5:23 PM EST Credit: Getty Images Caption Josh Lucas and Juliette Lewis speak onstage throughout The Firm panel throughout the NBCUniversal area of the 2012 Winter TCA Tour in the Langham Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, The month of january 6, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Josh Lucas, star of NBCs new drama The Firm, says carrying out his jury duty service in NY City 2 yrs ago, on the situation which hinged on whether or not to send a guy to prison for existence, assisted inspire him to defend myself against the role of lawyer and crusader for justice famous John Grisham character Mitch McDeere. I'd skipped jury duty multiple occasions because I had been on movies. After I visited perform the Lincoln subsequently Lawyer I visited the courthouse and that i stated, I must investigate and incorporate by using my jury duty. They stated, No, we dont care, Josh recounted following this Television Experts Association Winter Session panel on Friday for his NBC show, which premieres this Sunday evening, explaining the origins of methods he wound up around the situation. A legal court eventually told Josh to set of November 13, 2010, and the very next day, he was sent lower towards the court docket of the trial he'd eventually take part in. The 2nd I walked in, I saw this person recognize me, the defendant. I saw him speak with his lead a lawyer about this and so i went immediately towards the bailiff and that i stated, I have to talk to the judge, and also the judge stated, As we release everybody who came here simply because they had conflicts of great interest like yours, we'd not have the ability to get juries. Weve made the decision to prevent doing that. It does not matter if you are famous any longer. Unless of course we determine youre at risk, thats the only method you may be ignored, Josh ongoing. So strangely, Then i got selected. The situation was one the actor didnt would like to get into an excessive amount of detail on, but he suggested it affected him deeply. It had been this type of severe situation they needed to not only shackle him, however they needed to hold him lower within the court docket throughout his testimony, Josh stated. I cant let you know much [more] of computer was incredibly severe and violent, he added, verifying the situation involved the accused spouse. And also the actor was area of the jury that wound up convicting the un named guy for existence. He was involved with multiple crimes before [the main one he was on trial for], which i was not really permitted to understand and thats where I fell deeply in love with the legal elements, the actor described. There is a lot which i discovered afterwards that will have colored my ideas. And So I thought, this really makes if it is done correctly it can make for quite interesting television, if you're able to make a move that is not just normal procedural, procedural, procedural and thats where I really hope this show goes increasingly more. Six several weeks later, the chance emerged for that Firm, and Josh signed on. The 2-hour season premiere from the Firm premieres on Sunday at 9 PM EST/PST on NBC. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.