“American Love Story” has found its
#JackieKennedy in
#NaomiWatts, TheWrap has learned. Newcomer
#PaulKelly will also play
#JohnFKennedyJr in the upcoming FX anthology series from
#RyanMurphy.
Both will join the previously announced
#SarahPidgeon, who will play
#CarolynBessetteKennedy.
The latest spinoff in the “American Story” universe, “American Love Story” was ordered in 2021 and has been described as “a scripted anthology series of sweeping true love stories that captured the world’s attention.” Its first season will portray the whirlwind courtship and marriage of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy. When the two first got together, they were regarded as American royalty. But the more they were scrutinized by the tabloid media, the more their relationship began to fray. It all came to an end in 1999 with the tragic plane crash that resulted in the deaths of JFK Jr., Carolyn Bessette and Kennedy’s sister-in-law
#LaurenBessette. Kennedy was 38 at the time of his death,...