How Truman Capote Might Maneuver A Catty Social Media World: ‘Feud’ Stars Naomi Watts & Tom Hollander – Crew Call Podcast
deadline.comMuch like our social media-driven news cycle today which is fixated on cancelation and schadenfreude, there arguably was a judge, jury and executioner style in Truman Capote’s published Esquire pieces, read “La Côte Basque 1965″ about New York City female elites.
Ryan Murphy and Jon Robin Baitz’s latest FX limited series Feud: Capote vs. Swans dives into Capote’s deconstruction and takedown of the fancy ladies he supped and partied with.
How in God’s name would Capote operate in a social media world? We kick around that notion today with the series’ stars Tom Hollander who plays the tender, though nitpicky and sassy Capote, and Naomi Watts who plays the author’s best friend, though a betrayed one.
Hollander acknowledges that there remains today, like decades ago “a ghoulish fascination about the glamor and the compromises” of high society women, “there’s sort of a style porn that’s going on” says the actor. “It’s about reputation, isn’t it?” add the actor. “If he had been exposed to social media, then there would have been a back and forth, wouldn’t there?
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