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March 26, 2018
by Julie Miller
Olivia de Havilland may have co-starred in the most notorious sibling rivalry in Hollywood history, but even the 101-year-old actress has her limits for how that reportedly acrimonious relationship is depicted.
Last summer, the Gone With the Wind actress filed a lawsuit against FX and Ryan Murphy's production company regarding her portrayal in Feud: Bette and Joan,claiming that the "FX series puts words in the mouth of Miss de Havilland which are inaccurate and contrary to the reputation she has built over an 80-year professional life, specifically refusing to engage in gossip mongering about other actors in order to generate media attention for herself."
When attorneys for de Havilland and FX appeared at a California Court of Appeal hearing last week, Variety reported that "a key issue" discussed in court by both sides was the usage of the word "bitch" that Feud's de Havilland, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones, used to describe her sister Joan Fontaine.