Kathy Bates and Alison Wright join first season cast of Feud TV series on FX. Pictured: Kathy Bates (Photo Tinseltown / Shutterstock.com.)

Ryan Murphy has cast two more actors in Feud, his upcoming FX anthology series. The first season covers the infamous feud between big screen greats Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon) and Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange). According to TV Line, Kathy Bates has landed the role of Davis’s best friend, Joan Blondell.

Deadline reports Alison Wright, a veteran of The Americans, will play Pauline. The character is described as, “director Robert Aldrich’s (Alfred Molina) smart-as-a-whip, cool-as-a-cucumber assistant in charge of development.”

Kathy Bates and Alison Wright Join the Cast of Ryan Murphy’s Feud TV series on FX

Alison Wright  and Kathy Bates join Feud TV series on FX. As pictured, Wright played Martha Hanson on the FX series, The Americans. (CR: James Minchin/FX)

Sarah Paulson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Judy Davis, Alfred Molina, and Dominic Burgess also star.

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