Naomi Watts looks almost unrecognizable in a gray wig and period clothing to play Barbara ‘Babe’ Paley in the second season of Feud in New York
Naomi Watts was almost unrecognizable on the set of her latest movie Tuesday in New York.
The chameleon-like actress, 54, dressed in a brown fur-trimmed coat, brown pants, leather gloves and a puffy gray wig for her role in the second season of Feud.
The Oscar nominee will play Barbara ‘Babe’ Paley, a former Vogue fashion editor who was married to CBS founder William S. Paley.
Unrecognizable: Naomi Watts was nearly unrecognizable on the set of her latest project Tuesday in New York. The chameleon-like actress, 54, dressed in a brown fur-trimmed coat, brown pants, leather gloves and a puffy gray wig for her role in the second season of Feud.
The socialite’s friendship with In Cold Blood author Truman Capote is part of the focus of the new season of creator Ryan Murphy’s FX show.
Tom Hollander, 55, plays Capote, who enjoyed spending time with New York’s high society and maintained a circle of elegant women around him whom he called his “swans.”
The British actor wore a double-breasted gray tweed coat and a page boy’s cap.
Babe: The Oscar nominee plays Barbara ‘Babe’ Paley, a former Vogue fashion editor who was married to CBS founder William S. Paley. Her friendship with In Cold Blood author Truman Capote is part of the focus of the new season of the FX show.
Capote: Tom Hollander, 55, plays Capote. The British actor wore a double-breasted gray tweed coat, a pageboy’s cap and a long purple woolen scarf.
She was wearing dark gloves, a long purple woolen scarf, and round glasses.
The first season of Feud was based on the animosity between Hollywood stars Joan Crawford and Bette Davis.
The final season of the anthology series was inspired by the book Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era, by Laurence Leamer.
Swans: Capote enjoyed spending time with New York’s high society and maintained a circle of elegant women around her, including Babe, whom she called her ‘swans’.
Betrayal: The friendship suffered a severe break after Capote published a book exception based on Babe’s dysfunctional life with her husband.
The tome details how the Breakfast at Tiffany’s author alienated his famous friends after publishing an excerpt from his latest book, Answered Prayers.
The chapter was based on the dysfunctional personal life of the Paleys.
The revelations caused a rupture in Capote’s friendship with Babe and his other companions, who feared that he would publish intimate and sometimes sordid details of their lives.
Inspiration: The final season of the anthology series was inspired by the book Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era, by Laurence Leamer.