‘Feud’ Star Tom Hollander Says Playing Truman Capote Was Like Learning to Surf

The actresses who play the Swans in “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans” described Tom Hollander’s ability to come onto the set as a 56-year-old British actor and instantly shift into flamboyant 40something writer Truman Capote as something of a magic trick. And Hollander, a theater-trained actor whose career has gone from “Pride & Prejudice” and the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies to “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “The Night Manager” and “The White Lotus,” understands why they might feel that way. But how did he turn this particular trick? The answer was simple: practice. 

“At the beginning, it feels impossible,” he said. “But there were a good couple of months before we started, and that was intense.”