’s acting era is upon us, and it sounds like she has a fan in . In the twelfth season of , titled , Emma plays an actress named Anna. Opposite her, Kim stars as her publicist, Siobhan.
creator previously said that the part of Siobhan was made specifically . And in a new appearance on , Emma praised Ryan’s “genius” decision to cast the reality TV icon as a celebrity publicist on the show. “He called me one day, and he’s like, ‘Kim Kardashian, playing your publicist,’.
.. and I was like, ,” Emma recalled of her conversation with Ryan, whom she’s worked with for over a decade since her first appearance in back in 2014.
Because Kim isn’t widely known for her acting skills, there was some apprehension around the news of her casting. However, when Part 1 of aired in September last year, Kim quickly proved her doubters wrong by being hailed as “ ” about the FX show. Emma said Kim’s success in the role was no surprise, calling the Skims founder “one of the most prepared actors [she’s] worked with.
” “I mean, I’ve come to work sometimes and people — that I won’t name, but you know who they are— they don’t know their lines at all, which, whatever, it’s fine, we all have those days. But she knew every single line,” she said on the podcast. Emma also said that Kim was surprisingly low-key on set despite being one of the most famous people on the planet.
Notably, working with Kim was somewhat of a full-circle moment for Emma, who recalled sh.
