Kim Kardashian, Ryan Murphy Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic; Lionel Hahn/Getty Images
Kim Kardashian was only a young person throughout the OJ Simpson trial, but she remembers it well enough to be in awe of how producer Ryan Murphy portrayed her family within the 2016 American Crime Story series, The People vs. OJ Simpson.
Watching it back, Kardashian, 43, recalled even asking Murphy how he was capable of nail the precise details of her father, Simpson’s lawyer, the late Robert Kardashian Sr.. She shared the story with Chloë Sevigny in an episode of Variety’s “Actors on Actors,” published Wednesday, June 5.
“I loved it. Some people were over they usually hadn’t seen it — I watched it years and years ago — and I desired to see if my recollection was right on the portrayal of my dad,” Kim recalled. “I believed it was just done so well. I remember asking Ryan, who were your sources? Because that was my dad’s exact bracelet. That was our home! They really rented the house that we grew up in at that time period. Little things were incorrect, but minimal.”
Friends star David Schwimmer portrayed Robert, the defense attorney and longtime friend to Simpson (Cuba Gooding Jr.). The NFL star, who died at age 76 from cancer in April, was also Kim’s godfather.
Members of the Kardashian family have made rare comments about O.J. Simpson, who was represented by the late Robert Kardashian in court during his infamous trial. After the previous NFL player was arrested in connection to the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, in 1994, he enlisted Kardashian to grow to be a part of his legal […]
Now that Kim is in law school, she says it’s given her a possibility to revisit the series and watch it in a brand new light.
“Nevertheless it was just fascinating to look at and see it from a special perspective, especially now, since I’m in law school,” she said. “Seeing it from a legal viewpoint is just fascinating.”
John Travolta as Robert Shapiro, David Schwimmer as Robert Kardashian, Cuba Gooding, Jr. as O.J. Simpson in “The People V. O.J. Simpson” Ray Mickshaw/FX
Despite her connection to the trial, Kim does hardly speak publicly about it, explaining that she desires to respect OJ and Nicole Brown Simpson’s children, Sydney and Justin.
“I just respect his children, so if I were to say something that will hurt someone’s feelings publicly — unless they’re coming for me and I even have to defend myself or a member of the family — then I’m aware,” she said in a 2020 interview with David Letterman.
Within the Variety interview, Kim also spoke concerning the opportunity to work with the series creator himself, sharing that Murphy, 58, first approached her about a special project before Kim ultimately ended up on American Horror Story: Delicate.
“He got here to me with an concept that was sort of reality-based, and I wasn’t into it,” she said. “After which he said, ‘I actually need to write down something for you. Would you think about doing American Horror Story?’ I obviously know the franchise — and it was an honor. Sometimes it just takes that one person to essentially imagine in you and offer you that push.”
Kim plays entertainment publicist Siobhan Corbyn on the show alongside AHS veteran Emma Roberts.
