Fuming over results of ‘Feud’ lawsuit

Regarding “‘Feud’ Lawsuit Thrown Out” [March 27]: Olivia de Havilland did not institute her lawsuit over the FX miniseries “Feud” to handcuff the creative freedom of artists to depict real people in historical fiction but to ensure that they are depicted with truthfulness and without bastardizing their integrity — for current and future audiences.

The performances of Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange as Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, respectively, are rich and nuanced. The same cannot be said of Catherine Zeta-Jones, who is fundamentally miscast as De Havilland, coming across as shallow, superficial and self-important without any of the dignity, warmth and fierce intelligence implicit in De Havilland’s well-known work and life.

The essence of a person should not be violated in the guise of docudrama justification. Mike Kaplan Caldwell

Associated Press, left, FX ACTRESS Olivia de Havilland, left, is played by Catherine Zeta-Jones in “Feud.”