The series has now found its first cast member. Actor Sarah Pidgeon, best known for her starring role in the Amazon Prime Video series “The Wilds,” has been cast as Bessette, per Variety. The casting for JFK Jr. has yet to be announced.

Ever since the news broke that Ryan Murphy would be getting his hands on the John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy story for a new FX anthology series, American Love Story, everyone (or everyone who’s deeply invested in high-budget political-romance-biopics,

American Love Story” at FX has found its first cast member. Variety has learned from sources that Sarah Pidgeon has been cast in one of the lead roles for the upcoming anthology series, which was originally announced in 2021.