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Daryl Hannah responded to how she was portrayed Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Caroline Bissettesaying that it was “horrible for me to have to defend myself against a TV show.”
In prolific producer Ryan Murphy’s buzzy FX series currently airing to record viewership, Hannah is played by Dre Hemingway, and her turbulent relationship with JFK Jr. (played by star Paul Anthony Kelly) is chronicled throughout the season’s early episodes.
In a New York Times Opinion piece “How can a love story get away with this?” Posted on Friday — the morning after the release of episode six, “The Wedding,” which centered around the top-secret wedding between JFK Jr. and Caroline Bisset (played by star Sarah Pidgeon) — Hannah condemns the series and its depiction of her, saying: “The choice to film [Hannah] Because it was annoying, self-absorbed, whiny, and inappropriate, it was no accident.
In her essay, Hannah calls for the “gender dimension” of using her possibility as a “narrative device” to help the audience establish the romantic relationship between JFK Jr. and Caroline, rather than the one with JFK Jr. and Hannah. “Isn’t it textbook misogyny to tear down one woman in order to build another?” You write.
Hannah claims that’s what viewers see love story “It is not even an accurate representation of my life, my behavior or my relationship with John,” he disputes specific actions and behaviors featured in the series: “I have never in my life used cocaine or hosted cocaine-fueled parties. I have never pressured anyone into marriage. I have never desecrated any family heirloom or intruded upon anyone’s private memorial. I have never planted any story in the press. I have never compared the death of Jacqueline Onassis to the death of Jacqueline Onassis.” “These are not creative trappings of character, they are assertions about behavior — and they are false.”
In the weeks after the series premiered, Hannah says she received “hostile and even threatening messages” from viewers. “When entertainment borrows a real person’s name, it can permanently affect their reputation,” she wrote.
Hollywood Reporter FX and the show’s creators have reached out for comment. THR She previously reached out to Hannah’s rep for comment on the series but did not receive a response.
John F. Kennedy Jr., Caroline and her sister Lauren Bessette died in a plane crash on July 16, 1999. The series about the romance between the famous 1990s duo, created by Connor Haynes, is based on the book by Elizabeth Beller. Once Upon a Time: The Enthralling Life of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. The cast also includes Grace Gummer as Caroline Kennedy, Naomi Watts as Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Alessandro Nivola as Calvin Klein, Leila George as Kelly Klein, Sydney Lemmon as Lauren Bisset, and Constance Zimmer as Annemarie Messina.
The creators and executives behind love story He has been public about the show’s stance of not connecting with the real-life subjects depicted in the series, including the Kennedy family. Executive producer Nina Jacobson explained to THR “In general, we don’t take on people who are public figures, because you end up either feeling obligated to respect something they’re asking of you…or you feel like you have competing versions.”
But Hemingway participated with THR when love story It was first shown that she actually reached out to Hannah. Hannah is a friend of her mother, the famous actress Mariel Hemingway, so Hemingway says she wrote Hannah a “love letter” without expecting a response.
“I had no expectations that she would reach out to me in any way, but I basically wrote her a love letter saying how much I appreciated her as a woman, as an actress, and what an honor this was in my life,” she said, adding that playing Hannah was “amazing, creative shoes to fill” and that the series is “definitely told from a fictional side because we don’t know what happened.” [behind closed doors]. But it was amazing. She is amazing. “I love her.”
Jack Schlossberg also objected to the portrayal of his late uncle and his wife in the series, which sparked backlash even before the show premiered. “We’ve gotten intense feedback,” said executive producer Brad Simpson. THR About the early criticism, adding that they made “radical changes” based on the response. “What it showed us was how much people cared about Caroline Bissett and how important she was to generations,” he said. “I hope they feel we led with respect and honor for John and Carolyn,” Pidgeon added of people watching the game.
love storyMeanwhile, it has generated more than 25 million hours (or 1.5 billion minutes) of viewing for its first five episodes on Hulu and Disney+, a record for an FX limited series.
