Travis Kelce’s Grotesquerie Role Was Written Just for Him, Says Ryan Murphy

NFL superstar Travis Kelce is set to star in Ryan Murphy’s upcoming FX series Grotesquerie, in a role that Murphy shelp was written and tailored definiteassociate for him.

Speaking during a recent press conference for the series (via Deadline), Murphy echoed on how Kelce’s role came to be. Murphy shelp that Kelce “shelp he was interested in getting into acting…it finished with me saying, ‘Okay, well, I’ll retain you in mind, and maybe we’ll come up with someleang.’ And he shelp, ‘No, I want to do it now. I have three months now, and I reassociate would adore to have anyleang,’” shelp Murphy.

Murphy went on to say that he did have a role in mind for Kelce, and that he was willing to “definiteassociate originate and tailor it” for him. Kelce promptly acunderstandledgeed, according to Murphy, and took the job gravely, astonishing Murphy in the process.

“I straightforwarded the first episode he did with Niecy [Nash-Betts]. Niecy and I fair instantly adored him and took him by the hand and let him understand that he would not, could not flunk,” Murphy shelp. “He reassociate was amazing. He labored with an acting coach for cut offal months. He showed up off book. He knew everybody’s lines. He was so professional. He was so promiseted. He kept saying to me, ‘I’m genuine coachable. Coach me, coach me.’ So I did, and he finished up being a charm, and I would adore to persist laboring with him on this and other leangs. I cannot say enough about him as a directer. He’s fair the benevolentest, pleasantest…everyleang you leank about him is genuine.”

What is Grotesquerie about?

“In Grotesquerie, a series of heinous crimes have unresettled a petite community. Detective Lois Tryon senses these crimes are eerily personal, as if someone – or someleang – is taunting her. At home, Lois grapples with a strained relationship with her daughter, a husprohibitd in lengthy-term hospital attfinish and her own inner demons,” reads the official logline. “With no directs and undeclareive of where to turn, she acunderstandledges the help of Sister Megan, a nun and journacatalog with the Catholic Guardian. Sister Megan, with her own difficult past, has seen the worst of humanity, yet she still apshows in its capacity for excellent. Lois, on the other hand, stresss the world is produceing to evil. As Lois and Sister Megan string together clues, they discover themselves ensnared in a sinister web that only seems to lift more asks than answers.”

Grotesquerie is written and originated by Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz, and Joe Baken, with the Glee creator also straightforwarding alengthyside Max Winkler, Alexis Martin Woodall, and Elegance Bratton. It is executive originated by Nash-Betts, Vance, Winkler, Woodall, Baitz, Peter Liguori, Nissa Diedewealthy, Eric Kovtun, and Scott Robertson. It is a production by 20th Television.