Naomi Watts Transforms Into Jackie Kennedy For Ryan Murphy’s ‘American Love Story’ — See the Pics!

Naomi Watts is channeling the iconic Jacqueline Kennedy for Ryan Murphy‘s latest project, American Love Story.

In photos obtained by Star, the British actress, 56, was spotted filming the series on July 21 while wearing an all-black outfit, which included trousers with a belt, a button-down shirt, and ballet flats.

For accessories, Watts donned a pair of oversized brown sunglasses, a yellow hat, and a thick gold chain necklace. She also traded her signature blonde bob for brown locks — presumably a wig.

The Mulholland Drive star was photographed alongside Paul Kelly, who is playing John F. Kennedy Jr. — the son of President John F. Kennedy and Jackie O — in the anthology series. Kelly, for his part, sported a white button-down shirt, light-colored pants, brown shoes, and a backwards-facing baseball cap. In the photos, the pair sat side-by-side on a wooden bench.

The show, which follows JFK Jr. and his wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy (played by Sarah Pidgeon) ahead of their untimely 1999 death, faced criticism last month after Murphy, 59, posted photos of Kelly and Pidgeon from the screen test on Instagram. Fans heavily critiqued the costuming and overall look of Pidgeon on social media.

However, Murphy addressed the backlash with Variety in an article published on June 19, explaining that the outfits were used solely for the screentest and will not be worn in the show.

“There were comments like, ‘I hate that coat, Carolyn would never have worn that. That was just a coat we threw on for color,” he remarked. “People were writing, ‘How dare you use the No. 35 Birkin bag? She wore a 40!’ Yes, we have a 40 but we just threw on a bag from another costume department because that was the sound stage we were on.”

“We have multiple pairs of Manolo black heels and sandals from 1992 to 1999. We have the Manolo boots she wore in black and brown,” he told the outlet. “We have her Prada tall boots. We have her Prada bags. We have the Birkin No. 40 that we have taken to a specialist to scruff it up so it looks identical to the one she would wear half-open on the subway.”

Murphy said while he had good intentions of sharing the photos from the screentest, he would handle it differently in the future.

“If I ever do something like that again, I have to put a warning label on the top of the caption, explaining to people what the process is,” he added. “But I was trying to protect our actors from being absolutely swarmed by the paparazzi. But that’s on me. I made a mistake, and I’ve learned from it.”