Ryan Murphy Pits Actors Against Each Other in New ‘Feud’ Anthology
Ryan Murphy just won’t quit! The Executive Producer of American Crime Story and American Horror Story just announced ANOTHER anthology series. Feud will explore famous battles royale, Hollywood-style.
The first season tells the story of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford as they duked it out on the set of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Susan Sarandon plays Davis, and American Horror Story alum Jessica Lange plays Crawford.
Murphy’s no stranger to feuds himself, and when Kings of Leon refused to allow their song to be featured in Glee, Ryan Murphy said, “F*** you, Kings of Leon. They’re self-centered a**holes and they missed the bigger picture.”
Since that spat was quickly patched up, we want to suggest a few other famous squabbles for Season Two of Feud…
William Shatner and George Takei
A feud that’s lasted forty years and running. According to Takei, relations between the actors broke down on the set of the original Star Trek series, because Shatner was “self-centered” and would pretend like he didn’t know Takei.
Over the years, they’ve taken pot-shots at each other every chance they get, but this 2008 interview in which Shatner addressed his hurt feelings over not being invited to Takei’s wedding may take the cake…
David O. Russell and Everybody
The five-time Oscar nominee doesn’t have a great track record with the actors he directs. Russell managed to tick off James Caan so badly over how to choke on a cookie that the screen veteran quit the movie and was replaced by James Brolin.
After the director headbutted George Clooney on the set of Three Kings, the crew had to pull them off each other. Clooney later said in an interview, “Quite honestly, if [Russell] comes near me, I’ll sock him right in the f***ing mouth.”
But this footage of this freakout between Russell and Lily Tomlin on the set of I Heart Huckabees would make TV gold…
Klaus Kinski & Werner Herzog
This one is so juicy there’s a documentary about it. The actor and director team made five films together despite a working relationship that often looked like this…
On the set of Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Kinski threatened to abandon the film, so Herzog fired back that he’d kill Kinski and then himself. Kinski claimed that Herzog carried around a pistol to show he wasn’t joking, but Herzog has denied it.
And check out SuperFan TV’s ideas for more seasons of Ryan Murphy’s American Crime Story anthology series…
So, who do you want to see duke it out on Season Two of Feud? Do you have a favorite celebrity throw down? Hit us up on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram or leave your comments below. And check out our host, Khail Anonymous, on Twitter.
