{"id":2264690,"date":"2026-02-03T14:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2264690"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:02:08","slug":"sarah-pidgeon-related-to-carolyn-bessette-kennedy-during-love-story-filming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sarah-pidgeon-related-to-carolyn-bessette-kennedy-during-love-story-filming\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Pidgeon Related to Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy During &#8216;Love Story&#8217; Filming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"89758f33-596f-4453-abcb-53eab8c670cc\">Sarah Pidgeon&#8217;s biggest role to date\u2014as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/carolyn-bessette-kennedy-style-inspiration\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/carolyn-bessette-kennedy-style-inspiration\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/carolyn-bessette-kennedy-style-inspiration\/\">Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy<\/a> in Ryan Murphy&#8217;s limited series <em>Love Story<\/em>\u2014will premiere on FX on February 12.<\/p>\n<p>While filming the high-profile series, Pidgeon felt a little of what it must have been like for Bessette-Kennedy to endure unwanted media attention and backlash, the actress says in our <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"http:\/\/marieclaire.com\/culture\/sarah-pidgeon-interview-2026\" data-url=\"http:\/\/marieclaire.com\/culture\/sarah-pidgeon-interview-2026\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">Winter 2026 cover story.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"89758f33-596f-4453-abcb-53eab8c670cc-2\">&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t say I\u2019m necessarily <em>glad <\/em>for it,&#8221; Pidgeon tells <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/author\/halie-lesavage\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/author\/halie-lesavage\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/author\/halie-lesavage\/\">senior news editor Halie LeSavage<\/a>, referring to early criticism of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/celebrity-style\/sarah-pidgeon-carolyn-bessette-kennedy-fall-outfit\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/celebrity-style\/sarah-pidgeon-carolyn-bessette-kennedy-fall-outfit\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/celebrity-style\/sarah-pidgeon-carolyn-bessette-kennedy-fall-outfit\/\">the show&#8217;s casting and costume design<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-solid border-[#333]\">\n<span class=\"&#10;after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t-[#333] after:border-t after:border-solid&#10;before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t-[#333] before:border-t before:border-solid&#10;font-article-heading pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333] flex custom-thumbnail-list-styles\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t think it was super-shocking that people were invested in Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and had strong opinions on what we were doing. But it was a real opportunity to understand what it might have been like for her, and that\u2019s always helpful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout \" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"058d8107-2e71-4f04-9958-ecf48933121f\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:5464px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:149.93%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/64E23DedWYmP9ovRZpt36c-1920-80.jpg.webp 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/64E23DedWYmP9ovRZpt36c-1600-80.jpg.webp 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/64E23DedWYmP9ovRZpt36c-1280-80.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/64E23DedWYmP9ovRZpt36c-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/64E23DedWYmP9ovRZpt36c-768-80.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/64E23DedWYmP9ovRZpt36c-415-80.jpg.webp 415w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/64E23DedWYmP9ovRZpt36c-360-80.jpg.webp 360w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/64E23DedWYmP9ovRZpt36c-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 710px) 670px, calc(100vw - 30px)\"\/>\n<\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>(Image credit: Olivia McCausland)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"56d06723-493a-471c-b985-9a913357c594\">She adds, &#8220;It wasn\u2019t lost on me that there were so many parallels. Granted, I&#8217;m playing a character and acting. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/carolyn-bessette-kennedy-photos\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/carolyn-bessette-kennedy-photos\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/carolyn-bessette-kennedy-photos\/\">Carolyn and JFK Jr.<\/a> were trying to live their lives. But it did give me a sense of what her lived experience was, and it wakes up the things happening physically in your body\u2014what it feels like in your chest, what\u2019s going through your mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Pidgeon was delighted to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/sarah-pidgeon-blonde-hair-change-carolyn-bessette-kennedy\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/sarah-pidgeon-blonde-hair-change-carolyn-bessette-kennedy\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/sarah-pidgeon-blonde-hair-change-carolyn-bessette-kennedy\/\">take on the acting challenge of playing Bessette-Kennedy,<\/a> she explains that fame doesn&#8217;t interest her. &#8220;I really like my life as it is,&#8221; she says. &#8220;I think anonymity is wonderful because you can get lost in a role.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout \" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"7a04590d-44fd-4fb8-aefe-063eac2fca6b\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:5464px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:149.93%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg-1920-80.jpg.webp 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg-1600-80.jpg.webp 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg-1280-80.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg-768-80.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg-415-80.jpg.webp 415w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg-360-80.jpg.webp 360w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 710px) 670px, calc(100vw - 30px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Pidgeon walking on a roof in New York in a yellow dress\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg-1920-80.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg-1600-80.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg-1280-80.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg-768-80.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg-415-80.jpg 415w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg-360-80.jpg 360w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg-320-80.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 710px) 670px, calc(100vw - 30px)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/VMW4UZnBY39wkri8KG9CGg.jpg\"\/>\n<\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>(Image credit: Olivia McCausland)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"1c4dd4a4-93fd-4528-9568-5f3a3cea1d34\">As for Bessette-Kennedy herself, who died in 1999, &#8220;she&#8217;s become so incredibly important to me,&#8221; Pidgeon says. &#8220;I revere her and everything that I\u2019ve learned about her and her legacy. I understand people also have that affinity and care and investment in her, and I think that&#8217;s true of anyone who plays a real person. I certainly felt that responsibility, and I carried that every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-7iq4Wm69dsbkpgW73DQgX4\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-7iq4Wm69dsbkpgW73DQgX4 slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get exclusive access to fashion and beauty trends, hot-off-the-press celebrity news, and more.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The highly anticipated <em>Love Story<\/em> traces the romance between CBK and John F. Kennedy Jr. The eight-episode series, available on FX via Hulu, stars <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/beauty\/hair\/naomi-watts-wet-hair-look\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/beauty\/hair\/naomi-watts-wet-hair-look\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/beauty\/hair\/naomi-watts-wet-hair-look\/\">Naomi Watts<\/a> as Jackie Kennedy, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/meryl-streep-four-kids-support-her-red-carpet\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/meryl-streep-four-kids-support-her-red-carpet\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/meryl-streep-four-kids-support-her-red-carpet\/\">Grace Gummer<\/a> as Caroline Kennedy, and Paul Anthony Kelly as JFK Jr.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.marieclaire.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Pidgeon&#8217;s biggest role to date\u2014as Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy in Ryan Murphy&#8217;s limited series Love Story\u2014will premiere on FX on February 12. 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