Chris Chalk will play James Baldwin in Capote’s Ladies. ‹ Literary Hub

First, there was Helen Mirren as Regal Patricia Highsmith. Then got here Oscar Isaac as Horny Kurt Vonnegut. Now, prepare for Chris Chalk as Tremendous Intense James Baldwin.

Sure, persevering with the current development of casting Hollywood and status TV stars as iconic mid-century writers, Chalk (Perry Mason, Underground, Gotham) is about to play Baldwin in newest installment of Ryan Murphy’s Feud collection—Feud: Capote’s Ladies.

Capote’s Ladies is predicated on Laurence Leamer’s bestselling 2021 nonfiction account of Truman Capote’s friendship with a bunch of society girls he known as his “swans.” Capote finally used these girls’s lives for a thinly-veiled expose he wrote for Esquire in 1975, “La Côte Basque 1965” (itself an excerpt from his notorious unfinished novel, Unanswered Prayers)—a betrayal that led to his banishment from excessive society. Capote might be performed by diminutive-but-acerbic Brit Tom Hollander (who, enjoyable reality, has beforehand performed Dylan Thomas, Wilkie Collins, and T. S. Elliot).

Regardless of his fame, mellifluous voice, and legendary oratorical prowess, it’s not typically we see James Baldwin portrayed on display (the truth is, Jeffrey Wright’s amalgamation of Baldwin and A. J. Liebling in The French Dispatch is the one one I can bear in mind), so that is thrilling information.

The never-subtle Ryan Murphy shouldn’t be the primary individual I might faucet for the job, however Chalk, a longtime admirer of the Baldwin, appeared energized by expertise of filming, telling Deadline that the position included a five-page monologue, so now we have that to sit up for when the miniseries is launched subsequent yr.

March 28, 2023, 12:42pm

First, there was Helen Mirren as Regal Patricia Highsmith. Then got here Oscar Isaac as Horny Kurt Vonnegut. Now, prepare for Chris Chalk as Tremendous Intense James Baldwin.

Sure, persevering with the current development of casting Hollywood and status TV stars as iconic mid-century writers, Chalk (Perry Mason, Underground, Gotham) is about to play Baldwin in newest installment of Ryan Murphy’s Feud collection—Feud: Capote’s Ladies.

Capote’s Ladies is predicated on Laurence Leamer’s bestselling 2021 nonfiction account of Truman Capote’s friendship with a bunch of society girls he known as his “swans.” Capote finally used these girls’s lives for a thinly-veiled expose he wrote for Esquire in 1975, “La Côte Basque 1965” (itself an excerpt from his notorious unfinished novel, Unanswered Prayers)—a betrayal that led to his banishment from excessive society. Capote might be performed by diminutive-but-acerbic Brit Tom Hollander (who, enjoyable reality, has beforehand performed Dylan Thomas, Wilkie Collins, and T. S. Elliot).

Regardless of his fame, mellifluous voice, and legendary oratorical prowess, it’s not typically we see James Baldwin portrayed on display (the truth is, Jeffrey Wright’s amalgamation of Baldwin and A. J. Liebling in The French Dispatch is the one one I can bear in mind), so that is thrilling information.

The never-subtle Ryan Murphy shouldn’t be the primary individual I might faucet for the job, however Chalk, a longtime admirer of the Baldwin, appeared energized by expertise of filming, telling Deadline that the position included a five-page monologue, so now we have that to sit up for when the miniseries is launched subsequent yr.