Table Read - "Feud: Bette and Joan"

Joan and Bette reluctantly agree to star in another movie together; Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte

[@FerrariCarr]

My drama teacher in high school pointed out that Jessica Lange does an "audible inhale" before she speaks. I notice it a lot more now.

[@seriousone8030]

I never noticed it until now. Did your drama teacher consider it bad technique or just Jessica's way of acting?

[@Myplop]

FerrariCarr all that smoking messes up your lung capacity I’m sure 👍

[@Namastephie]

FerrariCarr the real Bette Davis did this as well if you watch some of her older interviews

[@headphonic8]

Jessica Lange isn't playing Bette Davis....

[@Namastephie]

headphonic8 I didn’t mean for that to sound like she was playing Bette, I was pointing out that others do too

[@klassicalmuzik]

“Can I use them to set you on fire?” I laughed non stop at that lol

[@tobiasandrews3778]

da best line in the whole series.

[@felixlizarraga1033]

The real Bette said of the real Joan "I wouldn't piss on her if she were on fire." I take this line as a callout to that.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@@felixlizarraga1033 ...and I'd been drinking beer all day!"

[@lavalampluva55401]

Matches.....goodie.

[@kimberlyhonig8030]

OMG, I know 😂 I laughed so hard at that! Susan Sarandon knocked it out of the park with her Bette. Wowsers, she did a fantastic job!

[@veronicavictor1936]

"I mean, Shakespeare, for chrissake, he had a woman eat her sons in a pie." Love the nod to "Titus Andronicus" as Jessica Lange played Tamora (the woman who eats her sons in a pie) in the 1999 film adaptation "Titus."

[@tmmaston]

That's exactly what I was going to say.

[@petrakupper7098]

What a great movie!

[@jfrch67]

Good catch!

[@Rogerthatx10]

“You probably have other plans after this, maybe accepting an a Nobel Prize on behalf of Dr King.” Lmao...she would if she could Bette!

[@caolanm2480]

The script wasn’t the only thing being read around that table

[@secondsavantbouffant]

"Brando isn't begging for a recurring role on Wagon Train either." Ouch lol! 🤣

[@thetommyknockerman7193]

Jessica and Susan are beyond amazing in this. They always are but seeing them play off one another like this is extremely entertaining. "Can I use them to set you on fire?" 😂

[@rickypresley1593]

"Brando isn't begging for a recurring role on 'Wagon Train' either." lol.

[@davefuller3311]

YES! Best line in the entire clip.

[@cameronwilliams4404]

I was like "Shade, heffa! SHADE!"

[@joeemcintyre9274]

Buuuuurrrrnnnnnn

[@carlamartinezvega13]

Lange's 'southern twang'

[@soyelreydelglam]

FEUD : a complete robbery at Emmys. Susan, Jackie and Jessica.. legendary!!!

[@shihlin1]

Jefferson Rock N Roll Yeah, but bad luck against the unstoppable runaway train called "Big Little Lies".

[@AtlantaGymFan]

Amen - totally entertaining and brilliantly acted.

[@Mike-fp5rc]

I thought it would have been deliciously wicked had only Susan (Bette) been nominated but then had Jessica Lange accepting for winner Nicole Kidman (in Big Little Lies).

[@joeemcintyre9274]

@@Mike-fp5rc lmao. Killer

[@johnlorenzen4633]

No.they were bad.over acted and miscast.

[@matt-james2368]

"wouldn't a comma be more appropriate or even a semicolon ". LMAO

[@tmmaston]

1:52 Mamacita was like "Enough of this shit! I go first!"

[@iusedto4578]

When Jessica said "Louisianian's speak with a certain music all their own" she sounded just like Fiona Goode 😂

[@musicorumformosus4274]

I love how mamacita goes" ugh"

[@allys744]

Notice that Joan is wearing black in front of her yellow car and Bette is wearing yellow in front of a black car. Not just an interesting contrast, but a good ying yang visual between two divas.

[@tula1433]

Love this comment

[@rustynailmendlesohn8710]

@@tula1433 really is a great comment because I hadn't noticed in my first watch of this clip. On my second watch after your comment Tula, I had the "ah ha" moment. TY 👍👍👍

[@tiffinywesley9087]

The wit from Bette Davis was hilarious.

[@strykertool]

Damn good Miniseries! They need to make more about the background of certain famous movies with actors that Hollywood as thrown away (stupidly) because their old.

[@zlatkajupe]

Their egos were so large. It's no wonder they couldn't get along. Both had to be in the spotlight calling the shots. It's too bad because both were extremely talented.

[@cameronmeekma1039]

Gotta love Mamacita

[@taymur0804]

I just really can't help it, but this was the best tv series in 2017, probably my favourite historical drama tv series

[@Filmdude0]

4:08 Joan....priceless attitude :D

[@jeremyjealousy]

“Not at all. You can go straight from day to night in that getup.” BRUTAL.

[@snarkyenigma9219]

"Brando wasn't begging for a reoccurring role on Wagon Train" ... ouch!

[@TeeBeeBad63]

Man, I wish I had those two cars!! What a great show!

[@darreylhenderson8979]

@1:52 Mamacita cracks me up!!

[@nina1522]

Darreyl Henderson I know me too LOL

[@sexyhair247]

at first, I thought that was Edith Head the fashion designer

[@chrissyknowsitall5170]

She was the best in the entire show! She had me laughing all through watching it. 😂💖🤣🤣🤣🤣💖😂😂

[@lenwelch2195]

Wagon train comment is worth watching the entire series lol

[@fashiondolldreamer]

LOL yes... And the look that Susan Sarandon gave Jessica Lange when she served that line was priceless! They were both so brilliant in this scene.

[@faithfulforever6331]

I love Mamacita! She has the greatest look!

[@frankgonzalezofficial3010]

Oh Joan you will always be Hollywood's Queen.

[@2000wattz]

Damn, I should have watched this when it was on tv! This is good 😂

[@navarwatson4551]

I’m a huge Bette Davis fan. I also think Joan Crawford was a wonderful, very skilled actress. But let’s be honest, the true star is MAMACITA !!!!

[@BLUEOHIO]

Joan and Bette yet hated each other but loved each other and both QUEENS of Hollywood

[@felixlizarraga1033]

Oh no they didn't love each other. They were bitter rivals and obsessed with each other, which is close to love but not the same thing.

[@pnavrrha]

@@felixlizarraga1033 Where does the line between the two even start and end haha

[@coreyristic9234]

Thank you for uploading all these clips!!

[@Madmen604]

Two charming and talented actresses there.

[@hebneh]

Notice that Joan is driven here in a Cadillac, all dressed up. Bette (casually dressed) drives herself in a 1958 Chevrolet, the cheapest car made by General Motors, while Joan is in the most expensive GM car.

[@tarmanpreetsinghdhillon7970]

Thank you for the knowledge, people like you make the aftermath of storytelling so beautiful and warm

[@sixgunshauna3486]

The cheapest car, and it still looks great.

[@michaelmadsen3187]

They only made this car for one year in 1958 it was the Impala trim package on the Bel Air. Highly collectible now!

[@stevensonjc21]

What does this mean?

[@dallyh.2960]

​@@stevensonjc21 Bette is being realistic about the state of her career and financial situation, while Joan is living in the past. It tells a lot about how each are coping with their decline from fame

[@thoronas]

I thought Jessica Lange should of won the Emmy over Nicole Kidman!

[@Ichisokeno]

Should have. Not should of. Is no one worried about the syntax?

[@charlessoutherton8946]

olivia de haviland should have kept her mouth shut if you ask me she's the reason why feud never one those 12 nominations thats the best show I've seen in years

[@Stangen99]

Jessica was robbed. Nicole was good in BBL but she cant be compared with the legendary Jessica Lange.

[@Starkardur]

Jessica has enough of underserved awards.

[@Stangen99]

Gunnhild Edwards Dummest thing ive heard.

[@ashleyaycocho9479]

Love to see Jessica and Meryl on the big screen.

[@drstranger7430]

SAME THOUGHTS!! Plssss in our lifetime

[@paullemon5154]

Meryl wanted the Patsy Cline (Sweet Dreams) role that went to Jessica Lange

[@02chevyguy]

That '58 Impala is BEAUTIFUL!

[@cn-pj6kv]

y el cadilac el dorado amarillo de Joan...

[@tdr_paraadvisor3996]

I love Jessica lange so much I am a Louisianan so she's correct lol...also for the season of coven (ahs)also (and freak show was actually filmed in Louisiana as well but set in Florida)! so Jessica has actually resided in Louisiana for a little while! If I was a young actress she would be my idol, etc. lol...

[@everythingclassic1705]

Crawford trying to exert herself during the reading by saying all those dumb comments about the script. Lolz! At least that was true since the story came from Aldrich's daughter, who was present at the reading. The rest of what was shown in this clip is pure fiction.

[@gregmcfarnon1140]

Most of the show was pure fiction, not just this clip.

[@user-ir8mf7km6w]

WHEN PEOPLE SAY IM SORRY - YOU FELT THIS WAY or IM SORRY YOU WERE OFFENDED - THEY ARE NOT APOLOGIZING

[@carlamartinezvega13]

Not at all, and Bette let her know that ' I dont want your half-assed apology'

[@janglass8219]

SO TRUE!

[@tonisumblin2719]

Instead of saying Im sorry for making you angry. I was wrong.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

No shite.

[@johnlorenzen4633]

This scene of Joan giving bette a gift is full of it like much of this series. Also bette and Joan did not argue about the script here. They were pros. Good dramatically but never happened. I hate how they portray Aldrich as a woose. In real life he would not put up with any bs from his leads.

[@MauriceRivers415]

Bette Davis appeared in three episodes of "Wagon Train" as different characters; as Bettina May (1961), Ella Lindstrom (1959) and Madame Elizabeth McQueeney (1959).

[@remyparaskovia5499]

Oh God they shade each from the start to the end, the divine Feud

[@dougbreau3856]

As good as this miniseries is, and it really is good, there are scenes like these where Susan Sarandon looks/talks like, Susan Sarandon. Where Lange always looks like Crawford.

[@connor194wq]

I agree.

[@carlamartinezvega13]

No way, she doesn't look like Crawford, she doesn't walk like Crawford, she doesn't talk like Crawford

[@oceans80]

I agree, Sarandon was a miss for me as Bette Davis, but I don't know who would have done a better job. A lot of people felt Lange didn't do Crawford justice, but I liked her in the role.

[@carlamartinezvega13]

@@oceans80 Lange, as great as she is, didn't do JC justice, she didn't look like her, she didn't walk like her, she didn't talk like Crawford, she didn't have JC's big eyes , and Lange's souther twang, why does she even have it? For Christ' sake, she's from MN! Sarandon was way closer to Bette Davis than Lange was to Crawford, and yet they did their very best!

[@jeanesingsjazz]

It seems like she never tried to use Bette’s clipped cadence.

[@Murgatroydian]

I love these characters and this production but they do seem separate from the real people. I keep stopping to imagine how the real Crawford and Davis would be in these situations. More straightforward, probably, but the intrigue and thought instilled here is compelling.

[@user-sk7fh9xp9o]

Y'all should've played the rest of this, so funny... Bruce dern damn was so hot back than when i looked him up online.

[@lavalampluva55401]

Societal issues aside, I'd love to live in the 40s-50s. The cars, everything was solidly made. Everything now is plastic. People knew how to dress and look good. Now it seems like most people are wearing in public what they wore to bed last night.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

''societal issues aside'' lol, those issues would permeate your life, in fact it would BE your life so this sentence makes no sense, you can't cherry-pick in your life. Also while I agree that glamour of the 50s/60s is missed, I don't completely agree that people can't dress up either. I mean, outside of America women still know how to look feminine and elegant. Also, I doubt that all people could afford dressing up in the 50s.

[@MrS98VAC]

4:36 SHADE!

[@ambercrosland1501]

I loved watching this play out

[@Pimsleurable]

3:45 Oddly enough, Jessica Lang was in such a movie

[@rashaunjones1027]

Mamacita is the one.

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

god i love this set

[@brockreynolds870]

So although she has no lines in this scene... are we to assume that the red haired woman at the table read is supposed to be Agnes Moorehead?

[@lilsept77]

Wasn't Joan Crawford's hair lighter than that at the time?

[@DevonParascovia]

They couldn't see each other Without reading themselves to death 😂

[@MW88PL]

I could listen to Jessica's voice all day. It's so sexy

[@mattmammone2338]

I'm not even into women and I can see that. I can only say that there are different kinds of beauty. Jessica was almost too sexy warm and inviting to play Crawford.

[@michaelvillanueva233]

Bette Davis sound smart here. Why did they make Joan sound a little ditzy?

[@Diamondelle84]

0:42 It's the gift that keeps on giving lol

[@lavalampluva55401]

Matches.....Goody

[@MsBackstager]

Ahhh... to have been a fly on that read thru wall to see what really happened...

[@cremebrulee4759]

Two totally different philosophies from two great actresses. Both of them had their individual demons to struggle with.

[@evahatfield8050]

"FEUD" spelling corrected

[@carlamartinezvega13]

'Brando isn't begging for a recurring role on Wagon train either', example of Lange's 'southern twang', she does have it... Which is odd, she's from MN if im not mistaken.

[@KanishQQuotes]

Joan's from the south

[@TheGreekPianist]

If I had to choose a side, I'd probably side with Bette. She was more down to earth, humble, laid back, and Joan was arrogant, egotistical, and always wanted praise. That's my opinion though

[@luxbledstone]

Speaking of syntax neither of them sounded like their characters

[@melissagueydan2588]

Mamacita yes indeed

[@evahatfield8050]

Does anyone know when Fued comes out on dvd?

[@mikecee2145]

Jacob Chavez As of now, nothing has been confirmed by fx nor Ryan murphy on when we will see a dvd release. =( I think it's because of the lawsuit olivia de havilland filed and lost.

[@azoocola1064]

what lawsuit?

[@mikecee2145]

Olivia De Havilland sued Ryan Murphy and FX for slander. When Catherine Zeta Jones playing her said: " I don't do BITCHES, just ask my sister." Olivia filed suit immediately claiming she never said those words in real life when approached by Bob Aldrich to replace Joan Crawford as Miriam in "Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte."

[@windstorm1000]

Aldrich is portrayed as a wuss kowtowing to Bette in this series. Anything but! He was in charge.

[@carleavesceo709]

I love a good cat fight. Meow !

[@frankpeter6851]

This is good camp.

[@adrov849]

All Joan wanted was a friend

[@VelvetCyberpunk]

They were both bitches, but they were also incredibly talented.

[@MrQbenDanny]

B+ actresses living A+ STAR lives, so funny it hurts.

[@amyclarke41]

i enjoyed it 😁

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

the woman in the hat plays the wife of the blind guy in curb your enthusiasm. she lied to him and told him she was a supermodel. i think she's in Only Murders in the Building as well with martin short and steve martin.

[@windstorm1000]

This scene never happened! Joan would never have apologized. Also Bette was not talking to Joan.

[@AbbaLeStrange]

and you know this how? are you related to joan? were you there?

[@Digital_David]

....Myyyyy pussyyyy!!!!

[@lewis4ladyvols]

I hate say this Jessica look more beautiful than Joan was & Susan was beautiful than Bette was

[@Starkardur]

Jessica in her prime was stunning but how she went from looking like Diane Kruger to Caitlyn Jenner in 30 years is interesting. Susan more beautiful than Bette Davis. Susan Sarandon is pretty generic looking compared to Bette Davis now that's for sure.

[@shawndamccormick278]

@@Starkardur what are y'all talking about? Davis looks like Davis, etc. To each their own.

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

Both Joan Crawford and Bette Davis had such a "done" look that was so precise, that it came off as very very harsh as they aged.

[@idontgiveafaboutyou]

Gunnhild Edwards that’s called aging

[@littlericky46]

Who are they supposed to be again?

[@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254]

Love it. Could you upload scenes between Bette and Victor?

[@yatsenchan7340]

Faye Dunnaway is a more convincing Joan Crawford.

[@JonathonDenson]

But Lange is a much more empathic Crawford!

[@DEAD-FROM-NY]

Both Susan and Jessica wanted to look pretty - an actress thing, and never went "whole hog" with Bette and Joan's regular make up. Both Bette an Joan REALLY went past their natural lip lines even for everyday make up.

[@Carpenterdane]

Aw Hell, Joan didn't have any friends, she only made enemies.

[@klassicalmuzik]

Joan had friends. William Haines, Loretta Young, Cesar Romero, Barbara Stanwyck, George Cukor, and others.

[@taymur0804]

Nah not Loretta Young surely, she was religious, why would she be her friends, but Barbara Stanwyck i guess so cus she was tough lady like Joan

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

This is still fiction, remember. Also in this particular scene, Joan did try but Betty's character started this by being dismissive of Joan's remarks.

[@SomethingSomethingg]

The one annoying part is how little the actresses tried to emulate Davis' and Crawford's voices.

[@ccowley2740]

Amazing how some of the lines sound like something Bette and Joan would say but not always the case of how they feel and do, especially Joan. Just saying.

[@oliver9066]

What happened during the Oscar night ?

[@FireMinstrel]

The three words I hate: "I'm sorry IF..."

[@shihlin1]

This is how actors spend hours in Hollywood script mtgs, talking about chopped heads.....I think the fussing over shit-ass stuff has more to do with ego than anything else, and egos don't come bigger than Bette.

[@vanglee2793]

Boss as bitches

[@bexsta7766]

Better sold Joan the river

[@judewishedhimselfout]

Susan Sarandon was not up the task of playing Bette Davis.

[@austinpearce5442]

judewishedhimselfout Bette herself wanted Susan to play her

[@junegiovanni6475]

Bette Davis has said in many interviews and have stated many times she is a huge fan of the young Susan Sarandon and if any one can play me it would be her...she is a real actress and she I would want to play me. It was bette Davis own wish for Susan to play her. First of all they both have uncanny resemblance of eachother and both have those big eyes and mannerisms. They just have different voices...bette had a more husky voice and Susan a more softer voice, but Susan got the accent and her ways of talking correctly. Just not her actual voice.

[@Starkardur]

She doesn't capture Davis at all though but it's a better casting look wise than Jessica Lange as joan crawford, my god what was up with that.

[@jmiller05]

Exactly! Both these women had pronounced personas and personalities, and neither captures 1/100th of their essence or mystique.

[@dylanburton9970]

Gunnhild Edwards they came closer than anyone else that’s alive could

[@davemattia]

I don't understand "difficult" people, never did, and since I work as a producer/writer, I am exposed to a lot of them. When an actor is submitted for anything that will affect my work, I always ask around about them. Hey, maybe they had trouble in their lives, and that's why they hide in the acting profession, but that's not my problem. I would rather work with actors who just want to get the job done. I would never have tolerated either of these two demented women.

[@heatherjones2701]

After Joan was let go from Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, they first asked Vivien Leigh to fill the spot, but she refused because Bette Davis was still (always will be) pissed she didn't get the role of Scarlett. And she sadly thought it was JUST because Jack Warner kept her from doing an MGM movie. Ah no, Bette, you may have been a dynamite actress, but you would of been sadly miscast as Scarlett. So, they went to Bette's bestie Olivia de Haviland (ironically Melanie Wilkes).

[@eveevelittleevil7422]

Right- maybe you missed a little flick called 'Jezebel'- Julie and Scarlett could have been twin sisters, really.. miscasting was something Bette really escaped mercifully often in her career, the governess and the Welsh schoolmarm being two notable exceptions..

[@heatherjones2701]

@@eveevelittleevil7422 I know of Jezebel. Good film. But I still can't think of Bette Davis as Scarlett.

[@giovannyespinoza6013]

@@eveevelittleevil7422 Bette was great in Jezebel, but Bros. Only gave her the role of Julie as consolation for not getting the role of Scarlett O'Hara

[@massimogiordano2778]

EVE ABOUT EVE. ,,,

[@arksailingboat5605]

Wow so many hate comments, and most come from gay people, why are you guys so obsessed with these old movie actresses and so so mean? There must be a connection between shitty childhood and bad behavior in later life.

[@giovannyespinoza6013]

How the hell do you suppose that the comments come from gay people?

[@auntiechercher4266]

This whole series has some inaccuracies. One big one is the one where Bette's daughter tell her in the restaurant that she isn't allowed to be alone with her kids anymore because she spanked the younger one (and the year is shown as being 1972). BD Hyman's second son was born until 1977 - and B.D. never had a confrontation with her in a restaurant.

[@Filmdude0]

Susan is way to old to play Bette and looks way to young to play Bette :D

[@JW-do2wc]

Hollywood is full of leftwing bigots. BIGOTS!

[@robertrafferty3144]

Josh Waldorf you’re a troglodyte.

[@7739299926]

🤡🤡🤡

[@carlosed-vd7fj]

MamacEEEETa

[@mediolanumhibernicus3353]

If this is accurate, than Davis behaves very unprofessionally in this readthrough.

[@louanne801]

Bette is so rude. Just say "thank you" for said matches.

[@hiphopboy29]

Liza Waldman Bette was known for being a bitch.

[@ThePharaoho]

Liza Waldman Bette just hated Crawford. She was always jealous of her looks, but they were old women here...Bette held a grudge against her for life. That is unfortunate considering that they were really strong women who had much in common.

[@revengeofbcraig5755]

+Liza Joan screwed her out of an Oscar and took it home. Thank you would be impossible.

[@louanne801]

Revenge of Bcraig5 Took it home, yes, but it was the academy that robbed Bette of the Oscar, not Joan.

[@ThePharaoho]

Revenge of Bcraig5 ummm...I don't think so...I don't know why Bette thought she was going to win? She had not won any other award golden globe or anything previously to the academy awards for her performance in "Baby Jane." Also, a nomination is an honor. Bette already had several Oscars, so why was she so pressed? As if she was the only actress to give a great performance that year. Bette was great, but so was Ann Sullivan who won the award for "The Miracle Worker." That was awfully arrogant to believe that you were the only actress to deserve an award.

[@candy.......]

Please stop putting this in my algorithm, she dont look like joan and she don't look like Betty

[@chasemorrisette4140]

Lange doesn't do a great representation of crawford