Pepper is a Caricature of RFK

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I always thought the Kennedy physical appeal was a little overblown. They were young, fit, wealthy, and fashionable, and had an incredibly charm and mystique, thus desirable in the eyes of the American public. Pepper has a remarkable likeness, maybe even less stern looking. The really good looking Kennedy was JFK Jr. and I think that was a little bit of his mother's genes.

The teeth are distracting but something that I always remember about RFK is how he'd have to push his bangs out of his face - haven't seen Pepper do that yet.

One thing about kids nowadays with the Bieber haircut, they do the same thing haha.

I agree. Pepper doesn't look anything like Bobby Kennedy and I think he was a very poor choice for the part. As you say RFK was a handsome fellow and Pepper just makes him look ugly and weird. I'm really enjoying the series but Pepper's portrayal of Bobby is a total turn-off.

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

Just caught the first 3 episodes on Netflix and I completely agree that the way in which RFK is phyisically protrayed is awful. I liked Barry Pepper in "Saving Private Ryan" and he was absolutely wonderful as Roger Maris in Billy Chrystal's "61*." But here, while he's supposed to be playing Jack's good looking younger brother, he looks at least a decade older and his hair is all wrong. He looks nothing like the dashing RFK that we've all seen pictures of. For some reason though Ethel Kennedy, a very plain woman, is played by an attractive actress, in a complete reversal of the actual facts.

Unfortunately his makeup was terrible. It made him look exhumed.

I thought his performance was the best.