Truman Capotemaybe have been the first Friend of the “originalHousewives.”
TheRyan Murphy-produced limited series features a powerhouse cast to portray 1970s New York’s elite echelon of glamorous, wealthy women, withCalista FlockhartasLee Radziwill,Chloë SevignyasC.Z. Guest,Diane Laneas Nancy “Slim” Keith,Molly RingwaldasJoanne Carson,Naomi Wattsas Babe Paley andDemi Mooreas Ann Woodward.
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Treat Williams— whodied unexpectedlyat age 71 in a June motorcycle accident — also makes his final on-screen appearance as Paley’s husband and media tycoon Bill.
Calista Flockhart as Lee Radziwill in FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans.Pari Dukovic/FX
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The trailer introducesKennedyin-law Radziwill, who says she and the swans “made New York the capital of the world” as they revel in their glamorous lives, which are full of “sex, money and endless adventure.”
As Capote cozies up to them, Babe Paley seems to be the first to divulge some of the group’s secrets to the writer, as she tells him, “We see the importance of presentation. Underneath, though, it’s an act.”
“Tell me everything,” he replies.
She goes on to list some of the duplicity within their circle, as she tells him, “Even your sister will steal your man,” and also divulges a secret about the then-governor’s wife, whom Capote calls “fat-ankled” and “hairy.”
Naomi Watts as Babe Paley in FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans.Pari Dukovic/FX
Though he’s warned that even the fictionalized version of the swans’ story, witch revealed some of their “deepest secrets,” would “hurt them,” an excerpt from Capote’s book gets published inEsquire, sending the ladies into a tailspin.
“Your story cast its spell and took away everything I have,” Keith tells Capote angrily in one scene before throwing a porcelain plate at the wall, shattering it.
Among the salacious details he includes in the exposé is an allegation that Woodward — who seems ever-ready to be on the inside of the swans' tight circle — killed her husband, earning her the nickname “Bang Bang.”
Demi Moore as Ann Woodward in FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans.Pari Dukovic/FX
Later, the ladies gather together and pledge to “stand united and destroy him” after Keith advises they cut Capote off “from all high society” because “that will kill him.”
As the trailer concludes, the disgraced writer gets more than his fair share of abuse as he’s punched in the jaw, Woodward splashes a glass of wine in his face and Carson yells at him to “Get out!”
In the end, Capote’s betrayal and banishment from the glamorous world he’d entered into sends him “into a spiral of self-destruction from which he would ultimately never recover,” according to the synopsis.
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The first two episodes ofFeud: Capote vs. The Swanspremiere Jan. 31 at 10 p.m. ET on FX.
source: people.com
