Sterling K. Brown would not want Christopher Darden to represent his “Paradise” character in murder trial

From playing famous legal prosecutor Christopher Darden to being the prime suspect of a murder in Paradise, Sterling K. Brown has spanned the legal gamut of television.

Brown first broke out as Darden on The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, winning an Emmy Award for the role. But Brown jokes that he wouldn't want Darden on his new character's legal team. Not because Darden and co-prosecutor Marcia Clark lost the case against Simpson, but because, for Brown, it would be simply too meta.

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"That would be the first time that I'd have one character represent another character," Brown says with a laugh. "I would probably choose someone else, not because I don't think Christopher Darden is capable, but that it would be too much of a mind-owning of myself to have myself represent myself."

In Paradise, Brown is once again playing a legal figure — this time secret service agent Xavier Collins. Collins is one of the most trusted members of former U.S. president Cal Bradford's (James Marsden) security team, but he finds himself in the crosshairs of a conspiracy when he's accused of Bradford's murder.

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The show, which drops its first three episodes on Hulu on Jan. 28, is also a reunion for Brown and another blast from his creative past, re-teaming him with This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman. But don't expect a retread of Randall Pearson (a part Brown also won an Emmy for).

"It's a real muscular role for Sterling,” Fogelman previously told Entertainment Weekly. “Xavier is a quiet guy. He's internal as opposed to external. There's a real young Denzel action hero in him here, a very alpha, old-school action hero. [My team and I] talked a lot about the old Tony Scott type of movies — and Sterling's really channeling something there.”

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Brown added: “Xavier is a much more reserved person. Randall's a bit more gregarious. Xavier plays his cards much closer to the chest. He's not a big personality in the same way that Randall Pearson is. After six years of Randall, who just shares all of his feelings as readily as he possibly can, Xavier is often still trying to figure out what his own feelings are for himself.”

Now, audiences can try to figure it out along with him.

The first three episodes of Paradise are streaming now on Hulu.

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