Tom Hollander as Truman Capote
Tom Hollander stars as Truman Capote, author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood. Hollander initially auditioned for the role 20 years ago for Capote starring Philip Seymour Hoffman.
On his preparation and examination for the role, Hollander told Vanity Fair: “I do like playing failures. It’s so human. If you think of an actor, actors are often playing people who are extraordinary, who are really brilliant at something. To play a hero is quite difficult because few of us are actually heroes. Truman was a drunk, and he blew it. I’ve been around that stuff enough in my life to have a sense of what it smells like—the alcoholism—and this is a story about alcoholism. It’s about addiction. I mean, the canvas is big, isn’t it? The canvas is enormous.”


















