Norbert Leo Butz is glad he had limited knowledge of football — and Bill Belichick — before preparing to play the New England Patriots coach in American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez. "When the role was first offered to me,

Norbert Leo Butz, along with former NFL player Domonique Foxworth, talk about the latest hour in the FX series about Aaron Hernandez.

Aaron Hernandez” earlier this week, we have now officially reached the halfway point of the 10-part FX drama about the rise and fall of the former Patriots tight end. That also means that viewers have met the majority of the cast of characters in the

American Sports Story questions whether those in Aaron Hernandez's personal and professional life contributed to his tragic decline — but the actor who plays Bill Belichick doesn't think it is that simple.

Belichick’s introduction is also a subtle tour de force from celebrated actor Norbert Leo Butz. The beloved Broadway great not only looks eerily like the famous Pats coach, but harnesses his quirky personality straight down to the dingy sweats and soft-spoken strategy.

That stoic, kind of unemotional, mumbling guy, I thought was a real tell into who he was. I thought it was very strategic what he was doing,” Butz said.

Norbert Leo Butz’s sinister version of New England Patriots’ head coach Bill Belichick first appeared in American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez as a king surrounded by a loyal court. He’s introduced in the FX series on NFL draft day in 2010,