Originally posted this in the wrong thread, so re-posting here:

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I'm looking at the cast and comparing to photos of the real-life socialites they are supposed to be portraying, and I can't help but feel like they really screwed up the casting (even though I like all of the actors). In my mind, the actresses should have all been swapped around:

Chloe Sevigny apparently was cast as C.Z. Guest, but in my opinion, she looks waaaay more like Slim Keith.

Teeny petite blonde blue-eyed Naomi Watts has been cast as lanky dark-eyed Babe Paley, but I think she would have been much better as blonde blue-eyed socialite C.Z. Guest.

And brunette dark-eyed Diane Lane, who, in my opinion, would have made a MUCH better Babe Paley, wound up getting cast as Slim Keith.

I guess Calista Flockhart works okay as Lee Radziwill.

I really like Molly Ringwald, but she looks nothing like Joanna Carson. Molly Ringwald just always looks like Molly Ringwald to me, and I'm not sure if I'll buy her in a historical biopic.

I know the majority of viewers probably aren't going to have a clue who any of these women were or what they really looked like. I'm probably quibbling, but it always bugs me when shows don't even try for a remote semblance of the real-life counterparts.

I'm currently reading "Capote's Women" which was the inspiration for this incarnation. of Feud, and it's a page-turner! Ryan Murphy productions always seem to start out with a bang and then sort of peter out, so I'm curious to see what happens with this one.

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