Pop culture has always been fascinated with NYC's It-Girls, so it's no surprise Feud: Capote vs. the Swans is the latest TV series to examine an elite social group. Ryan Murphy and co.'s latest limited series depicts the aftermath of In Cold Blood author Truman Capote's fallout with his close circle of female friends, whom he dubbed his "swans," upon the publication of his short story “La Côte Basque, 1965” in Esquire in 1975. In the excerpt from his then-forthcoming novel Answered Prayers (which was ultimately never published), Capote spilled the scandalous, innermost secrets entrusted to him by his clique of wealthy and glamorous high-society women, including Babe Paley, Slim Keith, Lee Radziwill, and CZ Guest.
To bring to life the infamous literary scandal, which coincided with the end of Capote's literary career, producer Murphy, director Gus Van Sant, and writer Jon Robin Baitz gathered a stacked cast of beloved actresses, whose real-life glamour and esteem lends a rarefied air to this story of wealth, gossip, and intrigue. Read on to meet the cast of Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, and to see how closely the on-screen counterparts resemble the real-life socialites.
