Travis Kelsey’s foray into Hollywood follows his first big acting job, a role in Ryan Murphy’s high-profile new FX horror series Grotesquely. Sources say the NFL star, who gained worldwide fame for his relationship with Taylor Swift, will star Niecy Nash-Betts, Courtney B. Vance and Lesley Manville in the upcoming series, which has just begun production. He plans to perform with them. Representatives for FX, Murphy and production studio 20th Television declined to comment.
As with all of Murphy’s projects, few details are known about “Grotesquerie,” as no cast members other than Nash-Betts, Vance, and Manville have been confirmed to appear in the drama, which is scheduled to premiere in the fall.
His series debut is expected to coincide with the 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. “
Grotesquerie” is a sequel to Kelsey, who made her acting debut as the host of “Saturday Night Live” in March 2023. He also made a cameo appearance on NBC’s late-night sketch comedy series with Swift last fall.
Through his high-profile relationship with Swift, Kelce became a household name and sought after worldwide. He has been open about his ambitious ambitions in Hollywood, which have continued to expand since signing with CAA last year.
Previously, in 2016, she appeared on an unscripted TV show in the romantic reality series “Catching Kelce,” which aired for one season, and most recently hosted the Amazon game show “Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?” he signed a contract as a host.
Travis Kelce, best known for his podcast “New Heights,” which he co-hosts with his brother and former NFL center Jason Kelce, recently served as an executive producer on the indie film “My Dead Friend Zoe,” which premiered at SXSW. also debuted. He will soon produce a documentary called King Pleasure about the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Murphy is known for helping talent transition into acting. A few years ago, he gave Lady Gaga her first major role in American Horror Story: Hotel. She then starred in ‘A Star Is Born’ and was nominated for an Oscar for her performance there.
Like Kelsey, Gaga also hosted SNL before Murphy gave her the chance.
Grotesquerie, which Murphy co-produced with frequent collaborators Jon Robin Bates and Joe Baken, was released as a text-only teaser in February. It includes an audio recording of Nash-Bett’s character saying, “I don’t know when it started, I can’t put my finger on it, but it’s different now. There’s been a shift, like something’s opening up in the world — a kind of hole that descends into a nothingness.”