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Feb 23, 2024 · Enter John O’Shea, the other major relationship in Capote’s life, portrayed in Feud by Russell Tovey. O’Shea was a married father of four living on Long Island when he and Capote met in 1973.
- Mark Peikert
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Feb 1, 2024 · While the writer would charm anyone he met, O’Shea was too bland for anyone to pay attention to him, and this made people wonder why Capote was with him in the first place. O’Shea was married when he met Capote at a bathhouse, an encounter that soon turned into something more for both of them.
- Cady Lang
- Truman Capote. In Feud, Truman Capote (Tom Hollander) has insider's access to one of the world's most exclusive circles—New York high society. The writer, who became a veritable celebrity himself with the outstanding success and critical acclaim of works like Breakfast at Tiffany's and the true crime nonfiction novel, In Cold Blood, grew close to many of leading socialites of the time and became privy to their secrets, scandals and vulnerabilities of the social scene's most high profile women.
- Babe Paley. Though all of Capote's swans in Feud are glamorous and powerful society fixtures, Babe Paley (played by Naomi Watts, who also serves as one of the series' executive producers) emerges as the undisputed yet graceful leader of the pack.
- Slim Keith. In Feud, Slim Keith (played by Diane Lane) is the most spirited of the swans—and the most stubbornly committed to holding a grudge against Capote after the publication of "La Côte Basque 1965."
- C.Z. Guest. On the show, C.Z. Guest (played by Chloë Sevigny) is the only swan that continues to associate with Capote socially after the publication of "La Côte Basque 1965"—which, as Slim Keith shrewdly notes, is easy because she wasn't mentioned in the damning article.
In July 1973, Capote met John O'Shea, the middle-aged vice president of a Marine Midland Bank branch on Long Island, while visiting a New York bathhouse. The married father of three did not identify as homosexual or bisexual, perceiving his visits as being a "kind of masturbation".
Jan 26, 2024 · He was in and out of a relationship with John O'Shea (Russell Tovey), a married, middle-class banker who the swans barely tolerated. And he was seriously blocked as a writer.
Sep 5, 2019 · When she was 13, Kate Harrington picked up the phone and dialed Truman Capote—the brilliant Breakfast at Tiffany’s author and ill-fated gossip whom she had met under stranger-than-fiction ...
Feb 16, 2024 · Described by Capote in Feud as a “third-rate suburban faggot banker,” O’Shea becomes the author’s manager after a steamy bathhouse encounter. Throughout the season, their romantic and ...
