# @gq on Instagram

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- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/57556199-gq-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-24T17:24:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** GQ (@gq) — https://gondola.cc/gq

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When Paul Anthony Kelly (ofishalpak) got the call that he’d been cast as JFK Jr. in Ryan Murphy’s ‘Love Story,’ his only previous IMDB credit was for a bit role as “Photo Model” on a Canadian erotic drama series called Body Language. The 37-year-old model-turned-actor knew he’d been given a life-changing opportunity, and put everything he had into preparing for the role. “As soon as I got cast, I hit the books as much as I could—in typical John Jr. fashion as well, a cram session,” he cracks.

Media studies and political what-ifs aside, these days JFK Jr. is revered by zillennials primarily as a street-style pinup. As Gen Z floods TikTok with millions of posts tagged #OldMoney—think cable-knit sweaters artfully draped over polos, oxfords and khakis, The Row and Khaite—JFK Jr. and CBK live on as yet another generation’s style icons. If Kennedy saw the fusion of politics and entertainment coming, maybe it was because he lived it every day. Whoever played him on this show would have to live up to that side of the legend, too. 

“What Paul had, besides being tall and handsome and looking so similar to JFK Jr., is he had an ease and a charm around him,” says ‘Love Story’ executive producer Brad Simpson. “I do think the best casting is always when somebody brings their essence of who they are to the role. And I really think what you see on the screen right now, a lot of it is Paul.”

At the link in bio, read our #GQHype cover story on how Paul Anthony Kelly strapped on John-John’s Rollerblades—and shouldered the tragic legacy of an American icon—to lead Ryan Murphy’s latest hit.

Photographs by mattelife
Styled by theemarcusallen
Set Design by milesbettinelli at mhs_artists
Grooming by kumicraig using La Mer
Tailoring by Susan Balcunas at larsnordstudio

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