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‘Feud’ Star Tom Hollander Reflects On ‘Capote Vs. The Swans’ Premiere & Truman’s Abusive Relationship With John O’Shea


SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the first two episodes of Feud: Capote vs. The Swans. Feud: Capote vs. The Swans doesn’t waste time diving into the dark underbelly of Truman Ca…

Rather than take a slow burn approach, the series weaves the narrative through several timelines, one of which shows Capote’s downward spiral as he deals with the fallout of these high-society women turning against him. By the second episode, Tom Hollander ‘s Capote is spiraling into a drunken breakdown, lashing out at the few people still willing to be around him after his betrayal — including his partner, John O’Shea (Russell Tovey). That put probably an eight-month span in between the scene where O’Shea hits Capote in their apartment to when he assaults him at the Thanksgiving dinner table, even though they happen within minutes of each other in the episode.

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