‘American Love Story’ Casts Its Jackie O. & JFK Jr.

Ryan Murphy is decided to go away no side of popular culture untouched. The newest access in his unfastened cabal of American (Horror/Crime/Sports) Story anthologies on FX, the inaugural season of American Love Story, will center of attention at the near-legendary and in the long run tragic dating between the political scion John F. Kennedy Jr. and his taste icon spouse, Carolyn Bessette. Here’s the whole thing we all know concerning the display thus far:

What is American Love Story about?

There’s no authentic log or plotline but, however like its Crime and Sports predecessors, the collection will reportedly inform a scripted model of the romantic dating between JFK Jr. and Bessette. The pair have been married in 1996 and tragically died in a airplane crash off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard 3 years later, when Kennedy was once 38 and Bessette was once 33.

The couple met in New York City within the early ’90s, when the Connecticut-raised Bessette was once running as a way publicist for Calvin Klein after a short lived modeling occupation. The son of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, JFK Jr. (affectionately referred to as John-John) was once a attorney, journalist, and writer of George mag. Together, Kennedy and Bessette have been each a revered society energy couple and closely scrutinized tabloid fixtures, whose impeccable non-public taste stays influential lately.

Recent real-life Ryan Murphy collection have advised the tales of different high-profile moments in ’80s and ’90s American tradition, together with the Monica Lewinsky scandal and Bill Clinton’s impeachment, the Menendez brothers’ homicide case, the assassination of Gianni Versace, and the O.J. Simpson trial.

Who will play JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy?

So some distance, a couple of key solid contributors were introduced: 28-year-old Sarah Pidgeon will play Carolyn. Pidgeon is very best identified for her position on Amazon’s survivalist collection The Wilds and Hulu’s Tiny Beautiful Things. She additionally just lately made her Broadway debut within the 2024 Tony-winning play Stereophonic, wherein she performed the Stevie Nicks personality in a tale very loosely in response to the upward thrust of Fleetwood Mac. She’ll additionally seem on this yr’s buzzy I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot.

Newcomer Paul Kelly will painting JFK Jr., as first reported through Evan Ross Katz. Murphy and his workforce reportedly checked out just about 1000 actors for the section prior to touchdown at the actor and fashion for the position. He is also new to Hollywood, however he has a cast resumé as a fashion. He’s seemed in promoting for Loro Piana, Perry Ellis, and John Varvatos.

As for JFK Jr.’s mom, Jackie O, who will determine closely within the tale, that position will probably be performed through Naomi Watts. The adorned actress has labored with Murphy two times prior to, in campy mystery The Watcher reverse Bobby Cannavale and as Babe Paley in Capote vs. The Swans. She’ll additionally seem in his upcoming prison drama All’s Fair with Kim Okay.

When will American Love Story be launched?

The collection is recently in pre-production; keep tuned for updates on its liberate date.