Even Babe Paley wouldn’t consider Babe Paley to be any kind of ringleader.
But in the eyes of Capote, she certainly was.
The same could be said of Watts herself, considering her working relationship with TV producerRyan Murphy.
Naomi Watts as Barbara “Babe” Paley in ‘Feud: Capote Vs. the Swans’.FX
I mean, this was it.
This felt like it was a dream on every level," she adds of her latest role.
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Among a star-studded cast that includesDiane Laneas Slim Keith,Chloe Sevignyas C.Z.
Naomi Watts' Babe Paley compared to the real socialite.Pari Dukovic/FX; Tony Palmieri/WWD/Penske Media via Getty
“I had to learn how to talk with them, find the dialect,” she says.
“I had brown contact lenses, and then you get to the clothes and the hair.
Each step you’re getting closer and closer to [the character].”
Naomi Watts in ‘Feud: Capote Vs. the Swans’.FX
“She was never filmed in the press.
I didn’t have any recordings of her, audio or visual,” the actress adds.
“So I had to really invent all that based on what was available.”
Sevigny starred in season 2’sAsylumtheme ofAmerican Horror Story, and after playing C.Z.
Guest onFeud, she’s going to appear in the second season of Netflix’sMonster, about the Menendez brothers.
The actress had begun speaking with Murphy about what their next project might look like after filming finished onFeud.
“As we started getting close to the end, I was like, ‘Come on, Ryan!
What’s my fall slot?
But those conversations went silent around the Hollywood writer and actor strikes last year.
The first two episodes ofFeud: Capote Vs. the Swanspremiere on FX Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
They will then stream on Hulu the next day.
