I'm completely forgotten that Michael Fassbender is starring in a Netflix miniseries about the Kennedy clan -- the old-timey pre-President one -- called simply Kennedy. But here's the first photo of him in character on the set as Joe Kennedy Sr. (via, thx Mac) -- this means very little to me since I have no idea what Joe Kennedy looked like nor do I particularly care; and while I'm at it I'll admit I know and care very little about the Kennedy family from then. (I can tell you right now they're never gonna be as fascinating as the Bouvier-Beales were, that's for damn sure.) Anyway I will watch the series and believe whatever it tells me since on top of Fassy it co-stars Wyatt Russell, Cole Doman, Nick Robinson, Imogen Poots, Denis O'Hare, Toby Huss and Eddie Marsan among others -- if you wanna know who they're all playing click that link up above. I imagine they're timing this photo drop to the finale of Love Story about JFK Jr and Carolyn Bessette, which dropped (like a pilot plane plummeting into the Atlantic) last night -- and before you tell me anything wait to do that until tomorrow, because I'm watching the finale tonight. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Joseph Kennedy, Sr. was a piece of work. He made his money through bootlegging and basically kept his wife, Rose, busy by making her constantly pregnant. They had nine children! While Rose was busy raising the children, he was in New York helping to establish what became Paramount Pictures and having an affair with their big star, Gloria Swanson. The oldest son, Joe, Jr. died during WWII. He was being groomed for the Presidency, but following his death, his younger brother, John was groomed instead. According to some sources, at one time or another, “Little” Edie Beale, of Gray Gardens fame, was supposedly engaged or pre-engaged to Joe Kennedy.
I have Kennedy Fatigue
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