
Kim Kardashian has worn many hats throughout her time in the spotlight. She has worked as Paris Hilton's assistant, designed a successful loungewear line, shilled perfumes, tried her hand at singing, and in recent years has made a foray into studying law.
But now, she also really wants you to take her seriously as an actor.
We know this because she recently sat down for a one-on-one chat with Chloë Sevigny inVariety's hugely popularActors on Actorsseries. If you can sift through the online conjecture about whether or not she deserved to have a seat at that table, you'll reach a place where she dropped some pretty interesting insights about an upcoming role she has signed on to do.
It's clear that Sevigny and Kardashian were paired together given their history both working with prolific creator andAmerican Horror Storyhead honcho, Ryan Murphy. And now Kardashian is set to work with Murphy again and this role might be her most surprising one yet.
Kim Kardashian's new TV series.
So, you're intrigued, but what is this new TV project that Kardashian is working on with Murphy?
From herActors on Actorsinterview, we can glean some tidbits about the new currently untitled series and it sounds rather interesting. When quizzed by Sevigny about any hints she can drop, Kardashian said this.
"I’m going to be playing a lawyer, a high-powered divorce attorney," she said. "I will be channeling Laura Wasser, if that resonates with anybody."
She also went on to say that she's thrilled to be given the opportunity to step into this new character especially given how closely it aligns with her personal endeavours of becoming a lawyer.
"I’m really excited about it," she said. "And, again, that confidence that he (Murphy) believes in me to take this project on means so much to me. And it feels so right as a character that I could be a lawyer in real life and play one on TV."
According to reports from Deadline this big profile project is quickly gaining in traction with the series set to head to streaming platform Hulu and casting is well underway.
"While deals are still being worked out, Murphy, Kardashian and Jenner, who are all executive producing, have already begun preliminary casting, exploring ideas for three other actresses to play Kardashian’s glamorous and accomplished law partners, and an A-list actor to play her on-screen love interest, I hear," writes Nellie Andreeva ofDeadline.
Powerhouse lawyer to the stars.
It's no secret that Ryan Murphy loves to riffle through the pages of history books to bring a high-camp spin on the tales of notable figures. In the past he has reimagined series based on people like Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Jeffrey Dahmer, and O.J. Simpson.
So it's no surprise that he's now turning to another cultural phenomenon to get inspiration for his next series: the celebrity divorce.
Every year the public watches on in shock and awe as yet another Hollywood couple heads for the divorce courts and there's one lawyer who has emerged as a celebrity in her own right.
Laura Wasser.
She is every inch as glamorous as you'd expect a high-profile Hollywood divorce lawyer to be and her reputation means that when relationships start to reach the point of no return, she's the first person to call.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Wasser has never been a stranger to the glitz of Hollywood or celebrity divorces for that matter. Not only did she grow up in Beverly Hills rubbing shoulders with A-listers but her father, Dennis Wasser, was a prominent divorce lawyer himself.
After graduating from law school she joined her father's firm and by virtue of her connections to some big names in the entertainment industry, she started growing a name for herself as the new go-to Hollywood divorce lawyer.
"I went to high school with a lot of people who are in the entertainment industry behind the scenes. Business managers, agents, entertainment attorneys," she told PEOPLE in an interview. "If their client was getting divorced, they'd be like, 'Call Laura Wasser.' "
Like many lawyers, Wasser doesn't mince her words and she shoots from the hip. So much so, she isn't afraid to let her thoughts on monogamy go unknown. Turns out she doesn't really believe in marriage, go figure.
"For most people, human beings were not meant to mate for life. If you've found someone and you're with that person and you guys are together until death do you part, you're blessed and that's fantastic," she told PEOPLE.
"But a lot of people do not find that to be the case. So I think it's better for children and people in general to be in a happy house, to be in a happy relationship. If you're not in a happy relationship, don't let your kids grow up seeing two miserable people that dislike each other. Move on."
She herself swore off marriage after gettin
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