Dree Hemingway revealed she reached out to Daryl Hannah before she appeared in Ryan Murphy’s “Love Story,” which highlights the romance between the late John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, as well as the end of his lengthy entanglement with the “Splash” actress.

Hemingway told Nylon she reached out to 65-year-old Hannah shortly after she was cast in Murphy’s latest FX series. She said she wanted to make clear before diving into the role the respect she has for the former actress, who dated Kennedy on and off for years before he married Bessette in 1996. She added that she never heard back from Hannah, who long ago shifted her focus from Hollywood to environmental advocacy and documentary-making.

“It was really just a love note to her saying how much I admired her, how much I’ve admired her as an actress and a woman, prior to even being cast as Daryl,” Hemingway said of the letter. “How much I really just fell in love with her as a human being. I watched interviews and that feeling of really spending time with somebody you’ve never spent time with, but researching.”

She added: “That was really the note, and just not like ‘Hey, I want to meet you or talk to you.’ Just, like, ‘It was really an honor of my lifetime to be able to portray you and research you.'”

Despite Hemingway’s efforts, the “Kill Bill” star was less than pleased with her portrayal on the show. In an essay penned for the New York Times titled, “How Can ‘Love Story’ Get Away With This?,” Hannah said the character meant to be her “is not even a remotely accurate representation of my life, my conduct or my relationship with John.”

“The actions and behaviors attributed to me are untrue,” she continued. “It’s appalling to me that I even have to defend myself against a television show.”

Hannah took particular issue with the raging parties included in the popular FX series. She said she has never used cocaine “or hosted cocaine-fueled parties,” and she denied ever having “pressured anyone into marriage” or “intruded upon anyone’s private memorial,” as was portrayed on the show.

The finale of “American Love Story” is slated to air on March 26.

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