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'Feud: Capote vs. The Swans' Premieres, Celebrating Late Actor Treat Williams' Final Role

The FX docudrama explores the tension between Truman Capote and a group of New York City socialites, leading to Capote's rise and fall after he betrays their trust.

  • Treat Williams' final performance in 'Feud: Capote vs. The Swans' was celebrated at its New York City premiere, seven months after his sudden death in a motorcycle accident.
  • The FX docudrama, based on Laurence Leamer’s bestselling book 'Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era', explores the tension between Truman Capote and a group of New York City socialites, known as 'the swans'.
  • The 'swans' include characters played by Demi Moore, Calista Flockhart, Chloë Sevigny, Diane Lane, Naomi Watts, and Molly Ringwald.
  • The series shows the rise and fall of Capote as he ingratiates himself into the socialites’ lives, only to betray them by writing a thinly veiled fictionalization of their lives, exposing their most intimate secrets.
  • The first two episodes of 'Feud: Capote vs. The Swans' premiere Jan. 31 at 10 p.m. ET on FX.
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