The official Feud Season 2 photos for the upcoming return of Ryan Murphy’s acclaimed biographical anthology series has been revealed through Town & Country. The next installment will center around author Truman Capote’s betrayal of a group of New York socialite women who were blindsided when Capote started writing their secrets and real-life stories in his short stories. Season 2 is expected to debut sometime in 2024 on FX.
The photos provide a first look at its all-star cast led by Oscar nominee Naomi Watts, who will portraying the role of Vogue editor Babe Paley. The rest of the main cast includes Tom Hollander as Truman Capote, Chloë Sevigny as C.Z. Guest, Demi Moore as Ann Woodward, Diane Lane as Slim Keith, Calista Flockhart as Jackie Kennedy’s younger sister Lee Radziwill, and Molly Ringwald as Joanne Carson along with the late Treat Williams as William S. Paley.
What to expect in Feud: Capote vs the Swans?
Following the critical success of 2017’s Feud: Bette and Joan, the anthology drama finally returns with its second installment, which is once again inspired by another famous real-life drama. Set during the 1970s, Feud: Capote vs. Swans will be based on Laurence Leamer’s bestselling book Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era. It revolves around the fall out between Capote and the six socialite women who originally considered him as a friend.
The novel’s official synopsis reads: “New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer revealsthe complex web of relationships and scandalous true stories behind Truman Capote’s never-published final novel, Answered Prayers—the dark secrets, tragic glamour, and Capote’s ultimate betrayal of the group of female friends he called his ‘swans.’ Barbara Paley, Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, Slim Hayward, Pamela Churchill, C. Z. Guest, Lee Radziwill—they were the toast of midcentury New York, each beautiful and distinguished in her own way. Capote befriended them, received their deepest confidences, and ingratiated himself into their lives. Then, in one fell swoop, he betrayed them in the most surprising and startling way possible.”
