In September, a judge ruled in favor of Feud being protected speech, and de Havilland is currently appealing that ruling.
Last June, 101-year-old Hollywood icon Olivia de Havilland sued Ryan Murphy, FX and the Fox 21 television studio over her depiction in Murphy’s limited series Feud: Bette and Joan.
In real life, de Havilland recently called her late sister Joan Fontaine the former in an interview, but on the show, Zeta-Jones called her the latter.
The defense argues that Feud’s depiction of de Havilland was free speech and that docudramas are allowed to take creative license.