After its debut in January in the USA, as stated this columnand with a lot of buzz, the new season of Feud: Capote vs. The Swansarrives this Wednesday (8) in Brazil via Star+. The production of Ryan Murphy (Pose It is American Horror Story) rescues anthological fights and this time recalls the rupture between the writer Truman Capote and six women from New York high society from the 60s and 70s, of whom he was a confidant and exposed his intimacy.
Below, learn more about the production, which features a stellar team of actresses and episodes directed by the filmmaker. Gus Van Santaccording to the culture column of Elle:
The series created by Ryan Murphy is based on the bestseller Capote’s Women: A true story of love, betrayal, and a swan song of an era (2021). After becoming close to a circle of New York socialites, whom he nicknamed Swans, Coat recorded many of their private (and spicy) stories in a future book, Supplications Answered. A preview of the work was published by the magazine Esquirethe friendship with them, of course, comes to an end, and the author is banished from high society.
Author of Luxury Doll (1958), later adapted to the cinema by Blake Edwards with Audrey Hepburn as the protagonist, Coat (1924-1984) was one of the creators of literary journalism with the classic Cold blood (1965). In the cinema, he was played by Philip Seymour Hoffmanin Coat (2005), a film that portrays precisely the period in which the author wrote the book about the massacre of a family and the execution of the perpetrators, after months of intense investigation. In Capote vs. The Swansthe writer is played by Tom Hollander (The White Lotus).
A dream team of actresses was cast in the series: Naomi Watts (City of Dreams) plays Barbara “Babe” Paley, Diane Lane (Unfaithful) is Slim Keith, Chloe Sevigny (We are who we are) lives CZ Guest, Demi Moore (Ghost) plays Ann Woodward, Molly Ringwald (Five Club) is Joanne Carson and Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal) plays Lee Radziwill, sister of Jackie O.
In addition to the seal of Ryan Murphy, Capote vs. The Swans has direction Gus Van Santdirector of Elephant (2003) and Call boys (1991), and Jennifer Lynchdaughter of David Lynch and who has worked with Murphy in Dahmer: An American Cannibal (2022), American Horror Story (2011) and the first season of Feud (2017).
