Love story that marked the 1990s will gain a new version in fiction. The romance between the journalist John F. Kennedy Jr.son of the former president of the United States John Kennedyand assessor Carolyn Bessette is the theme of the producer’s new anthology miniseries Ryan Murphytitled “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette”.
To bring JFK Jr. to life, the production scaled Paul Anthony Kelly37, actor and model with few acting jobs and a great physical resemblance to the former president’s son. Already Sarah Pidgeon29, faces the challenge of portraying Carolyn Bessette, the figure who wanted to live as far away from the media as possible.
is Kelly’s first major project. He reportedly beat out more than a thousand actors who tried out for the role. Among his works are the pieces “Can’t Live Without ‘Em” e “You Can’t Take It With You”.
Sarah Pidgeon has already been nominated for the Tony Awards, theater’s biggest award, for her production “Stereophonic” (2024). She gained greater prominence on television in 2020, when she starred in the thriller “The Wild”.
In 2023, he was in the cast of the series “The Little Things in Life” and, in 2025, it was the focus of the remake of “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette” premieres on the Disney+ streaming service on Friday (13).
In addition to Kelly and Pidgeon, “Love Story” will feature Naomi Watts as Jackie Kennedy, Grace Gummer as Caroline Kennedy, Sydney Lemmon as Lauren Bessette and Alessandro Nivola as Calvin Klein.
