The actor is best known for playing a young King Henry VIII in the Starz drama The Spanish Princess.

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TheBuddy HollybiopicClear Lakehas cast Ruairi OConnor as the iconic singer-songwriter who died in a plane crash in 1959.

Ruairi O’Connor and Buddy Holly

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Ritchie Valens and J.P.

It is often referred to as The day the music died.

His debut albumThe “Chirping” Cricketsas the frontman of the Crickets was released in 1957.

Holly was listed at No.

13 onRolling Stone’s100 Greatest Artists list.

Clear Lakeis tentatively set to start principal photography in Spring 2021.