Good American Family Season 2 Casts Its Bobbitt Leads
The limited series follows the 1993 case that drew media frenzy and debate over abuse and gender politics.
- Hulu finalized the cast for Good American Family Season 2, selecting actor Isabela Merced and actor Patrick Schwarzenegger as leads to portray the infamous Virginia couple, Lorena and John Bobbitt.
- The anthology series shifts from the Natalia Grace adoption saga of Season 1 to the 1993 Bobbitt incident. Hulu expanded the project into an anthology in August 2026.
- Schwarzenegger, who appeared in The White Lotus, and Merced, known for The Last of Us, anchor the cast. Series creator Katie Robbins returns as writer and executive producer alongside Ellen Pompeo.
- The untitled limited series explores the media circus surrounding the 1993 case, where Lorena cut off her husband's genitals, examining how the media treated the couple's trauma as entertainment.
- Hulu has not yet revealed additional cast members or an official release date, though the leads are confirmed. The show continues collaboration with the Calamity Jane production banner.
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Isabela Merced and Patrick Schwarzenegger to Play Lorena and John Bobbitt in Hulu's GOOD AMERICAN FAMILY Anthology Series
Hulu’s true-crime anthology Good American Family has cast its lead actors for the upcoming second season. Isabela Merced (The Last of Us) will play Lorena Bobbitt, with Patrick Schwarzenegger (The White Lotus) as her one-time husband, John Bobbitt.Not yet titled, the limited series is inspired by the ripped-from-the-headlines story of the infamous Virginia couple, who incited a media circus that treated trauma as entertainment, launched a thousa…
Good American Family season 2 casts its Bobbitt leads
Hulu has now lined up its leads for the second season of true-crime anthology Good American Family, with Isabela Merced and Patrick Schwarzenegger set to play one of the most notorious couples of the 1990s.Merced, best known for her role as Dina in HBO's The Last of Us, has been confirmed to lead the cast as Lorena Bobbitt, while Schwarzenegger, who starred as Saxon in the third season of The White Lotus, takes on the role of her husband, John B…
The first season of "Good American Family" was starring Ellen Pompeo, Mark Duplass and Imogen Faith Reid.
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