Film studios in the US are often fond of plucking people from Europe and elsewhere who are new faces to those in the US. Case in point: Jackie, the new film about Jackie Kennedy, which has just cast Caspar Phillipson as John F. Kennedy.
How exactly he fits into the film remains to be seen, especially since the focus is on Natalie Portman's Jackie in the first four days after JFK's assassination in Texas in 1963. But we can assume he won't just be lying in state, and there will be flashbacks to happier days for the couple in between the First Lady trying to deal with the aftermath of her husband's death.
Pablo Larrain is directing the film now from Noah Oppenheim's script, and he has Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Beth Grant and John Hurt in the cast. Phillipson might be best known for Scandinavian dramas such as Borgen and The Bridge and for films including Flame And Citron and The Escape. As for Jackie, it's heading for a 2017 release date.