Polaha to portray JFK Jr. in TBS bio
After an extensive search, up-and-comer Kristoffer Polaha has been cast to play the title role in the TBS biopic "America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story" from Fox TV Studios. Polaha will portray John F. Kennedy Jr., the son of assassinated U.S. president John F. Kennedy, who died July 18, 1999, along with his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette, when the plane he was piloting crashed off the coast of Martha Vineyard,'s Mass. Meanwhile, Tara Chocol ("Dirt") has been cast to portray JFK Jr.'s former girlfriend Daryl Hannah. Polaha and Chocol are joining Jacqueline Bisset and Portia de Rossi, who were previously tapped to play Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, respectively.
- 8/30/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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