“American Love Story” Has Found Its JFK Jr.—And Yes, He’s Gorgeous

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Famed ’90s couple John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy are the newest cultural icons to get the Ryan Murphy treatment.

FX announced in 2021 that it is developing two new series with the American Horror Story creator, ahead of the premiere of Impeachment: American Crime Story. Per Deadline, the two new limited anthology series will expand Murphy’s American Story banner, which has covered sensational cultural moments throughout history, including the O.J. Simpson murder trial and the murder of fashion magnate Gianni Versace.

One of the series, called American Love Story, is a scripted anthology series of “sweeping true love stories that captured the world’s attention,” per Deadline. Its first season will depict the courtship and marriage of JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. The son of President John F. Kennedy and the fashion publicist married in 1996, and the golden couple’s relationship captivated America until the pair’s untimely death in a 1999 plane crash.

A plot synopsis of the series reads, “What started out as a beautiful union for the young couple, widely regarded as American royalty, began to fray under the stress of the relentless microscope and navel gaze of tabloid media. The pressures of their careers and rumored family discord ended with their tragic deaths when his private plane crashed into the ocean on a hazy summer night off the coast of Massachusetts.”

Ahead is everything we know so far about the upcoming series.

Who is in the cast?

The series found its first cast-member in actor Sarah Pidgeon, best known for her starring role in the Prime Video series The Wilds. She will portray Bessette, per Variety. Weeks later, it was confirmed that newcomer Paul Kelly will portray John F. Kennedy Jr. while Ryan Murphy-verse regular Naomi Watts will play his mother, Jackie Kennedy. While Watts is no stranger to the silver and small screen, this will surely be Kelly’s big breakout role.