History Trivia / Feud

* FakeAmerican: Londoner Creator/AlfredMolina plays American Creator/RobertAldrich. Pauline is also played by English actress Allison Wright. British actor Creator/DominicBurgess plays American Creator/VictorBuono.

** Creator/OliviaDeHavilland, one of the few individuals depicted in the first season's story to still be alive during its initial airing, flatly refused to watch it. She was opposed to making portrayals of real people who are no longer alive to give their own viewpoint. Later on she sued FX over being portrayed as selling her co-workers out in an interview that never actually happened, as well as calling her sister Creator/JoanFontaine a "bitch" (though they famously had their own lifelong rivalry, de Havilland insisted that she'd always prided herself on her decorum and would never use that word).

* FakeAmerican: Londoner Creator/AlfredMolina plays American Creator/RobertAldrich. Pauline is also played by an English actress, Allison Wright.

* ProductionPosse: ''Bette and Joan'' stars Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/SarahPaulson and Creator/KathyBates have all played prominent roles in other Murphy projects.

** Creator/OliviaDeHavilland, one of the few individuals depicted in the first season's story to still be alive during its initial airing, flatly refused to watch it. She was opposed to making portrayals of real people who are no longer alive to give their own viewpoint. Later on she sued FX over being portrayed as selling her co-workers out in an interview that never actually happened, as well as calling her sister Creator/JoanFontaine a "bitch" (though they famously had their own lifelong rivalry, de Havilland insisted that she's always prided herself on her decorum and would never use that word).

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Plans for a second season (about Prince Charles and Princess Diana's marriage and divorce) fell apart due to the lawsuit filed by Olivia de Havilland, which had a chilling effect of sorts on Murphy continuing not only ''Feud'', but also ''Series/AmericanCrimeStory'', which in the latter case was compounded by a TroubledProduction while attempting to shoot a season about the fallout of Hurricane Katrina. While ''American Crime Story'' eventually aired a third season [[Series/{{Impeachment}} based on the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal]], ''Feud'' was considered DOA for several years. Then, in April 2022, [[https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/naomi-watts-feud-season-2-fx-1235221077/ it was announced]] that a second season called ''Capote’s Women'' was being greenlit, and would star Creator/NaomiWatts, be directed by Creator/GusVanSant, and be showrun by Jon Robin Baitz.

* DevelopmentHell: The series was in development for about seven years - with Creator/SusanSarandon and Creator/JessicaLange on board - before it was finally given the green light.

* StillbornFranchise: Plans for a second season (about Prince Charles and Princess Dianna's marriage and divorce) fell apart due to the lawsuit filed by Olivia de Havilland, which had a chilling effect of sorts on Murphy continuing not only ''Feud'', but also ''Series/AmericanCrimeStory'', which in the latter case was compounded by a TroubledProduction while attempting to shoot a season about the fallout of Hurricane Katrina. While ''American Crime Story'' has a third season, based on the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal, in production, ''Feud'' is essentially DOA.

* DawsonCasting: Creator/SusanSarandon and Creator/JessicaLange (70 and 67, respectively, during production) play Bette and Joan from their 50s to around 70. David Kimball, in his mid-sixties, plays a grey-haired Freddie Francis, who at the time was a dark-haired 52-year-old. Inverted with 17-year-old Kiernan Shipka playing B.D. in her twenties.

* ActorAllusion: Kiernan Shipka plays [[Series/MadMen a girl in a story set in the 60's who has a dysfunctional relationship with her mother. Not only that, but the mothers are referred to by similar sounding names that are derivative of the name Elizabeth.]]

** Robert Aldrich's daughter was annoyed with how her father was portrayed in the show. In real life he had developed ''Film/WhatEverHappenedToBabyJane'' before offering a part to Joan Crawford - rather than how the show depicts it.
* FakeAmerican: Londoner Creator/AlfredMolina plays American Robert Aldrich. Pauline is also played by an English actress, Allison Wright.

* HeyItsThatPlace: Creator/BetteDavis's house was used in ''Film/DonnieDarko''.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Due to Olivia de Havilland's lawsuit, the series has yet to see a DVD release.
* MetaCasting:
** B-movie director Creator/WilliamCastle is played by cult film director Creator/JohnWaters, who has cited the former as one of his biggest influences. He wasn't made to resemble William Castle, so that audiences would instantly get the gag.[[note]]In all fairness, it'd be near impossible to make [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/John_Waters_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg Waters]] look like [[https://www.rue-morgue.com/framework/uploads/2019/04/william_castle-S.jpg Castle.]][[/note]]
** Creator/SusanSarandon had been given approval through a mutual acquaintance that Creator/BetteDavis wanted her to play her in a biopic. This was the fifth of four other projects where she had been suggested to play the actress.

* DeaderThanDisco: The show "Feud" itself; plans for a second season (about Prince Charles and Princess Dianna's marriage and divorce) fell apart due to the lawsuit filed by Olivia [=DeHavilland=], which had a chilling effect of sorts on Murphy continuing both Feud and American Crime Story. While ''Series/AmericanCrimeStory'' has a third season, based on the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal, in production, Feud is essentially DOA.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Due to Olivia [=DeHavilland=]'s lawsuit, the series has yet to see a DVD release.

* DeaderThanDisco: The show "Feud" itself; plans for a second season (about Prince Charles and Princess Dianna's marriage and divorce) fell apart due to the lawsuit filed by Olivia [=DeHavilland=], which had a chilling effect of sorts on Murphy continuing both Feud and American Crime Story. Both franchises are currently DOA.

** Creator/OliviaDeHavilland, one of the few individuals depicted in the first season's story to still be alive during its initial airing, flatly refused to watch it. She was opposed to making portrayals of real people who are no longer alive to give their own viewpoint. Later on she sued FX over being portrayed as selling her co-workers out in an interview that never actually happened, as well as calling her sister Creator/JoanFontaine a "bitch" (though they famously had their own lifelong rivalry, De Haviland insists that she's always prided herself on her decorum and would never use that word).

* DeaderThanDisco: The show "Feud" itself; plans for a second season (about Prince Charles and Princess Dianna's marriage and divorce) fell apart due to the lawsuit filed by Olivia DeHavilland, which had a chilling effect of sorts on Murphy continuing both Feud and American Crime Story. Both franchises are currently DOA.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Due to Olivia DeHavilland's lawsuit, the series has yet to see a DVD release.

** B-movie director Creator/WilliamCastle is played by cult film director Creator/JohnWaters, who has cited the former as one of his biggest influences. He wasn't made to resemble William Castle, so that audiences would instantly get the gag.