If you’ve gotten to the tip of the NCS Original Series “American Prince: JFK Jr.” and need extra, there’s a lavish dramatic retelling of his life, love and tragic demise coming, however you’ll have to attend a bit.
In the custom of his Emmy-winning anthologies “American Horror Story” and “American Crime Story,” TV dynamo Ryan Murphy will subsequent yr unveil “American Love Story,” specializing in John F. Kennedy Jr. and his spouse Carolyn Bessette. It’s one other in-depth exploration of a headline-grabbing story from Nineties-era America; Murphy’s “Crime Story” anthology has to date explored the tales of the O.J. Simpson trial, the assassination of Gianni Versace, and the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. He additionally explored the Menendez brothers double-murder trial in his “Monsters” anthology.
“American Love Story” is ready to discover JFK Jr. and Bessette’s courtship and marriage, in addition to their tragic deaths in a 1999 aircraft crash off of Martha’s Vineyard, in accordance with IMDb. Here’s what else we know about the collection to date.
The show will characteristic a forged portraying among the most iconic personalities of the final century, together with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, mom to JFK Jr. The former first woman shall be performed by Naomi Watts, who beforehand collaborated with Murphy on his “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans” collection.
Another notable identify that comes up is Grace Gummer, Meryl Streep’s daughter, who will painting JFK Jr.’s sister Caroline Kennedy.
As for the central couple, JFK Jr. shall be performed by comparatively unknown actor Paul Anthony Kelly, whose sole prior credit score is a 2010 tv collection titled “Body Language.” Carolyn Bessette shall be portrayed by Sarah Pidgeon, who beforehand acted in “The Wilds” and “Tiny Beautiful Things” and is featured on this summer season’s horror reboot “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”
Other famed personalities within the collection will embrace Calvin Klein, to be performed by Alessandro Nivola, and Edwin Schlossberg, who shall be performed by “Angels in America” star Ben Shenkman.
Very a lot mirroring the insane scrutiny that the featured couple needed to endure throughout their lifetimes, numerous photographs from the manufacturing of “American Love Story” precipitated fairly the media stir earlier this summer season, when every thing from Pidgeon’s costumes to hair shade obtained ample criticism.
Bessette-Kennedy was a method maven within the ’90s, and all eyes are on the character’s appears within the completed show. Things reached a fever pitch when her former colorist spoke to Vogue about Pidgeon’s hair shade being “totally wrong.” Even Murphy himself spoke up about all of it, telling Variety in June, “Carolyn Bessette is clearly a religious figure and it’s a religion of her own. It’s very interesting that people become so inflammatory.”
“American Love Story” is ready for launch in February 2026, with a streaming launch famous on IMDb as February 14.