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The second season of Ryan Murphy<\/strong>\u2019s Feud<\/em><\/a> anthology series \u2014 titled Capote Vs. The Swans<\/em> \u2014 tells the story of writer Truman Capote<\/strong>\u2019s friendship and eventual falling-out with New York City\u2019s most elite group of women, whom he nicknamed The Swans.<\/p>\n Screenwriter Jon Robin Baitz<\/strong> based his show on the book Capote\u2019s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era<\/em> by Laurence Leamer<\/strong>, which was released in October 2021.<\/p>\n The Swans consist of Barbara \u201cBabe\u201d Paley (Naomi Watts<\/strong>), Nancy \u201cSlim\u201d Keith (Diane Lane<\/strong>), C.Z. Guest (Chlo\u00eb Sevigny<\/strong>) and Lee Radziwill (Calista Flockhart<\/strong>).<\/p>\n \u201cIt was like performance art that she put forward into the world<\/a>,\u201d Watts told Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/a> in January 2024 about her role as Paley. \u201cEverything she thought about was planned \u2014 how she plans a dinner party and who was there. Who\u2019s sitting next to each other? Where does the fork go? What are the fabrics of the napkins? Do the candles smell right? All of these things that created such a huge amount of planning, but nothing was left for herself so often.\u201d<\/p>\n Watts, like her costars, underwent a major transformation before taking on the role.<\/p>\n