Chloë Sevigny to Star Opposite Naomi Watts in Season 2 of FX Anthology Series FEUD: CAPOTE'S WOMEN

Oscar-nominated actress Chloë Sevigny (Boys Don’t Cry, Big Love, Russian Doll) has signed on to star in the second series of the anthology series Feud: Capote’s Women, the second installment of FX’s anthology series from Ryan Murphy and Plan B. She will play C.Z. Guest, and will star opposite Oscar-nominee Naomi Watts (The Impossible, Birdman).

Jon Robin Baitz (Brothers and Sisters, Stonewall) is writing all eight episodes, and serving as showrunner of the new season. Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk) is directing all of Season 2, which chronicles the tale of the famous wunderkind author Truman Capote “as he stabs several of his female friends — whom he called his ‘swans’ — in the back by publishing a roman à clef short story called ‘La Côte Basque 1965’ in Esquire in 1975.”

The list of top socialites in Capote’s inner circle included Babe Paley (Watts), wife of CBS head Bill Paley; Slim Keith; C.Z. Guest (Sevigny); Pamela Churchill Harriman, ex-wife of Winston’s son and future wife of Slim’s husband; Lee Radziwill, sister of Jackie Kennedy; and Gloria Guinness. La Côte Basque‘s characters were thinly disguised versions of Capote’s  female confidants and exposed their shocking secrets and scandals, from adultery to murder. Its publication destroyed Capote’s friendships, with all of his swans cutting him off, as well as his reputation and his social standing.

Guest, who died in 2003 at the age of 83, was a well known fashion designer, socialite, and actress who had a newspaper column about gardening and published a book on the subject.

Filming is slated to begin in New York this fall, with other high-profile actors expected to join Oscar-nominated Sevigny and Watts.

via: Deadline