# Isabela Merced & Patrick Schwarzenegger To Play Lorena And John Bobbitt In Hulu’s ‘Good American Family’ Anthology

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/isabela-merced-patrick-schwarzenegger-to-play-lorena-and-john-bobbitt-in-hulus-good-american-family-anthology/
- Published: 2026-11-02T18:15:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T04:05:39+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/11/lorena-bobbitt-isabela-merced-patrick-schwarzenegger-1237210978/
- Topics: AI, Americas, Technology, World

## Key points

- Isabela Merced and Patrick Schwarzenegger will play the Bobbitts.
- Hulu’s anthology will revisit the couple’s 1993 story.
- The first season passed 140 million global viewing hours.

## Summary

Hulu has cast Isabela Merced as Lorena Bobbitt and Patrick Schwarzenegger as John Bobbitt in the second instalment of its true-crime anthology *Good American Family*. The untitled limited series will revisit the couple’s widely publicised story and the 1993 incident that became a media spectacle, with Lorena later attributing her actions to abuse during their marriage.

The season reunites the creative team behind the anthology’s first instalment, including creator and writer Katie Robbins and executive producer Ellen Pompeo. The first season, about Natalia Grace Barnett’s adoption, debuted in March 2025 and has accumulated more than 140 million hours streamed globally on Hulu and Disney+. The Bobbitt story has also been covered in earlier projects, including a 2019 documentary series and a 2020 television film.

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