Overview
- Filming began in New York City in June 2025 to dramatize the courtship, marriage and 1999 plane crash that claimed John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy.
- As the latest installment of Murphy’s American Story anthology, the series follows the couple’s romance and media scrutiny up to its tragic conclusion.
- Paul Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon were selected from over a thousand auditions to embody the lead roles.
- Supporting cast includes Naomi Watts as Jackie Kennedy, Grace Gummer as Caroline Kennedy, and Alessandro Nivola as Calvin Klein.
- FX set the series to premiere during Valentine’s Week 2026, with streaming planned on Hulu, and Murphy pledged its profits to the Kennedy Library after Jack Schlossberg’s call.