FX’s Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette might end up being Ryan Murphy’s most successful production. It’s already broken streaming viewership records for FX/Hulu, and the show has definitely become a huge cultural moment. Sarah Pidgeon and Paul Anthony Kelly are going to come out of Love Story as major, in-demand stars as well – I will be so mad if Paul doesn’t become a huge movie star after this. Somewhat hilariously, I think Love Story’s massive success is partially due to the fact that Murphy had very little to do with the scripts or direction. He oversaw the casting and executive-produced it, of course, but calmer, less exploitative hands took care of the actual story, the scripts and the vibe. Credit should go to Love Story creator Connor Hines, who wrote or co-wrote most of the scripts.
Well, Vanity Fair had exclusive coverage on a party hosted by Ryan Murphy for the Love Story team – it’s a lovely little piece, with cute photos of the cast hanging out and decompressing. Within that piece, they asked Connor Hines if he had any ideas for how to follow up on Love Story’s success. This is what he said:
“It’s exactly as I pictured it in my mind when I was writing it,” said Love Story creator Connor Hines about the finished product. When asked if he’d be interested in taking on another couple for his next project, he paused and said, “Maybe Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. They have the right intensity.” Sounds like another hit.
First of all, I pitched this for the next season of Love Story! I was trying to distract Ryan Murphy from thinking about doing Feud: Angelina Jolie versus Jennifer Aniston, and I was like, hey, the next Love Story should be “Liz & Dick.” I know the book they should use as source material too – Sam Kashner’s Furious Love, which was published in 2011. Furious Love is considered by many to be the definitive account of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton’s years-spanning love affair, marriage, divorce, re-marriage and re-divorce. The story of Liz & Dick is so f–king epic, I actually don’t know how they would fit it all into nine or ten episodes, actually. I genuinely hope this happens, and I want to see who they would cast. I strongly suspect that Welsh actor Matthew Rhys would get a call for Burton, but who on earth could play Liz Taylor?
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