Dree Hemingway Talks About the Note She Wrote to Daryl Hannah Amid Filming ‘Love Story,’ Explains Why They Never Talked

Dree Hemingway portrays real-life actress Daryl Hannah on the FX and Hulu series Love Story and she’s opening up about the letter that she wrote to her.

The series follows the love story between JFK Jr. and his wife Carolyn Bessette and what led to their untimely deaths in the 90s. Daryl is featured as a character in the first few episodes and portrayed in a villainous arc, acting as a distraction from his life and family and eventually his relationship with Carolyn.

Daryl recently wrote a scathing essay about the show, slamming the way she was portrayed.

Now, Dree is opening up about playing her and why she never tried to speak to Daryl.

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Nylon asked Dree about the note she sent to the actress.

“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. 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. 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,’” she said.

After being asked why she didn’t want to speak to Daryl directly, Dree said, “I would have loved to directly have spoken to her, but I guess there’s nerves in directly speaking to somebody. I also didn’t want to intrude in any way. I didn’t want to make her feel awkward if that were something that she didn’t want to do or something.”

Dree has not heard from Daryl.

“I haven’t heard back from her, but that’s OK. It was not the expectation. It was more so just like ‘I really appreciate you. I admire you as a person, a philanthropist, an actress.’ I wasn’t trying to have her communicate back,” Dree said. “I also think [she needs] her own time. The show’s just come out; I’m sure there’s a lot to digest there and stuff like that. What I really want to emphasize is that this is a dramatization. We are not exactly portraying her or how something went down. There’s a fiction involved in all of this. With any person that you loved and you were dating, I’m sure it’s a hard thing. So, I think that it’s nice to respect that and her.”

JFK Jr.‘s cousin has spoken out to defend Daryl.