![Roots': LeVar Burton and Vic Morrow Went on Talk Shows to Prepare Viewers for the Difficult and Now-Famous Whipping Scene Roots': LeVar Burton and Vic Morrow Went on Talk Shows to Prepare Viewers for the Difficult and Now-Famous Whipping Scene](https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Roots-LeVar-Burton-Vic-Morrow-.jpg)
Roots': LeVar Burton and Vic Morrow Went on Talk Shows to Prepare Viewers for the Difficult and Now-Famous Whipping Scene
![LeVar Burton on X: "#ROOTS was my first professional audition. I was a 19 year old Theater major, @USC when I played Kunta Kinte. https://t.co/waXLFZd14L" / X LeVar Burton on X: "#ROOTS was my first professional audition. I was a 19 year old Theater major, @USC when I played Kunta Kinte. https://t.co/waXLFZd14L" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsbzCehUYAYB7Fe.jpg)
LeVar Burton on X: "#ROOTS was my first professional audition. I was a 19 year old Theater major, @USC when I played Kunta Kinte. https://t.co/waXLFZd14L" / X
Cinema Shorthand Society - LeVar Burton made his acting debut in 1977 when he played Kunta Kinte in the ABC award-winning drama series "Roots", based on the novel by Alex Haley. Burton's
![LeVar Burton on X: "Fun Fact: In the first take of this scene with OJ, I ignored the blocking and during the chase, at the point he was supposed to catch me, LeVar Burton on X: "Fun Fact: In the first take of this scene with OJ, I ignored the blocking and during the chase, at the point he was supposed to catch me,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EscFrE6VoAUP3t6.jpg:large)