EXCLUSIVE: Travis Kelce’s foray into Hollywood continues with his first big acting job: a role in Ryan Murphy’s high-profile new FX horror series Grotesque. According to sources, the NFL star – and worldwide celebrity for his relationship with Taylor Swift – has been cast alongside Niecy Nash-Betts, Courtney B. Vance and Lesley Manville in the upcoming series, which has just begun production. Representatives for FX, Murphy and production studio 20th Television declined to comment.
As with all Murphy projects, details abound grotesque are scarce as no cast other than Nash-Betts, Vance and Manville have been confirmed for the drama, which is scheduled to premiere in the fall.
The series’ debut is expected to coincide with next football season, when Kelce will return to the Kansas City Chiefs as a tight end and lead the team to its third Super Bowl victory in five years.
grotesque is a sequel to Kelce’s acting debut as host of Saturday Night Live in March 2023. Last fall, he also made a cameo appearance alongside Swift on the NBC late-night sketch comedy series.
Travis Kelce on “SNL”
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With his name gaining global recognition through his high-profile relationship with Swift, Kelce was in demand. He has been open about his ambitious Hollywood ambitions and has continued to expand since signing with CAA last year.
He previously worked in unscripted television with his reality dating series catch Kelce, which ran for one season in 2016, he was recently hired as a host at Amazon Are you smarter than a celebrity? Game show.
Known for his New heights Travis Kelce, which he co-hosts with his brother and former NFL center Jason Kelce, also recently made his debut as executive producer of the indie film My dead friend Zoe, which premiered at SXSW. He will soon produce a documentary about the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat entitled King pleasure.
Murphy is known for helping talent transition into acting. A few years ago he gave Lady Gaga her first major role American Horror Story: Hotel. She then played the lead role A star Is Born, She received an Oscar nomination as an actress for her performance.
Like Kelce, Gaga also hosted SNL before Murphy gets a shot.
grotesque, which Murphy makes with his frequent collaborators Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken, released a text-only teaser in February. It included audio recordings of Nash-Bett’s character saying: “I don’t know when it started, I can’t put my finger on it, but now it’s different.” A change has taken place, as if something has changed in the “The world opens up – a kind of hole that sinks into nothingness.”
You can watch it below.