Unknown actor is spitting image of JFK Jr. in show
This actor has shocked with his uncanny resemblance to one of the world’s most iconic heart-throbs, who he’s set to play in an upcoming TV drama.
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A relatively-unknown actor set to portray John F. Kennedy Jr in a new TV series is the spitting image of the late American icon in new photos from set.
Paul Kelly, who has signed on to star in Ryan Murphy’s upcoming American Love Story series, could be seen shirtless filming scenes in New York this week.
The Hollywood newcomer, who has limited experience in theatre and modelling, was said to have beaten out thousands of actors to score the role of the ‘90s heart-throb, and photos of him in character certainly show why.
American Love Story will chronicle the whirlwind romance and ‘It couple’ evolution of JFK Jr. — the son of former US President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jackie Kennedy — and his fashion publicist wife Carolyn Bessette (played by Sarah Pidgeon).
Australian actress Naomi Watts is set to star as Jackie Kennedy in the show, while Grace Gummer will play Caroline Kennedy.
In real life, JKF Jr. met Bessette in 1992 when she was hired to give him a clothing fitting on behalf of designer Calvin Klein.
Their union generated widespread media attention, much to the discomfort of Bessette, who struggled with accusations she was exploiting the relationship for fame.
Kennedy and Bessette secretly married in Georgia in 1996.
Upon their return to Manhattan from their honeymoon, the couple were met with a swarm of the world’s press at their apartment.
“Getting married is a big adjustment for us, and for a private citizen like Carolyn even more so,” Kennedy told the pack of reporters.
“I ask you to give her all the privacy and room you can.”
Three years later, Kennedy, then 38, and Bessette, 33, tragically died in a plane crash alongside Bessette’s sister Lauren, 34, in July 1999.
Kennedy, who was flying his Piper Saratoga aircraft after receiving his license the previous year, had departed from New Jersey en route to Massachusetts for the wedding of his cousin, Rory Kennedy.
The couple intended to drop Lauren off at Martha’s Vineyard as their first stop, and while Kennedy checked in with the nearby control tower, the plane was reported missing after failing to arrive on schedule.
It triggered a frantic search party, with debris soon recovered from the Atlantic Ocean.
Navy divers recovered three bodies from the ocean floor “near and under” the wreckage, according to a statement issued by Admiral Richard M. Larrabee of the Coast Guard at the time.
The National Transportation Safety Board ultimately determined that pilot error was the probable cause of the crash.
An autopsy determined the victims died upon impact.
Kennedy Jr. was just three years old when his father, the 35th US president, was assassinated in 1963.
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