Kim Kardashian and Chloë Sevigny Bond Over Serial Killers, Ryan Murphy Shows and Accents: ‘My Voice Is So Distinct and Annoying’

Kim Kardashian and Chloë Sevigny share a love of high fashion, classic Hollywood glam — and Ryan Murphy, one of television’s most prolific creators, who also happens to be their mutual boss. Kardashian has appeared on television as herself since 2007; she currently can be seen on Season 5 of “The Kardashians” on Hulu. Now the reality star and influencer is transforming into an actor and producer of scripted projects. Kardashian’s first series regular role was on the recent season of FX’s “American Horror Story: Delicate,” in which she played Siobhan, a personal publicist with a double identity as a witch who draws power from Satan. It’s quite a debut! (For her next show with Murphy, an as-yet-untitled legal drama also for Hulu, Kardashian will use her legal expertise to play a divorce lawyer.)

In Murphy’s anthology series “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans,” Sevigny, herself a style icon for decades, plays C.Z. Guest, the elegant New York socialite. Guest — with her understated, patrician glamour and biting wit — was one of Truman Capote’s few friends who stuck with him after he published a vicious story in Esquire. Sevigny will next be seen in Murphy’s upcoming Netflix series “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” playing Kitty Menendez, the doomed mother of the brothers.

Here, Kardashian and Sevigny share notes on fame, adopting accents and how Murphy portrayed Kim’s family — including her late father, Robert — on “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.”

CHLOË SEVIGNY: You have appeared as yourself on camera since you were …

KIM KARDASHIAN: … in my 20s.

SEVIGNY: And now you’re transitioning to being somebody else on camera. How was that?

KARDASHIAN: I really enjoy it. It started off as something that was a challenge to myself, and I got an amazing opportunity to work with Ryan Murphy, who you know.

SEVIGNY: Did you go to him, or did he go to you?

KARDASHIAN: He came to me with an idea that was kind of reality-based, and I wasn’t into it. And then he said, “I really want to write something for you. Would you consider doing ‘American Horror Story’?” I obviously know the franchise — and it was an honor. Sometimes it just takes that one person to really believe in you and give you that push.

SEVIGNY: Playing a publicist — I’m sure you’ve had many. Or have you been devoted to one throughout your career?

KARDASHIAN: I’ve had two. One always told me to be more realistic about my goals, and just didn’t believe in me. And I just was like — you kind of believe them for a minute. But once I got a little bit of confidence and figured out what I wanted to do, I just changed.

SEVIGNY: She rang very true. Maybe too true.

KARDASHIAN: It’s funny, I was really channeling my sister Kourtney and someone that I work with. And everyone, when it came out, they were like, “That is Kris Jenner all the way.” And I was like, “I guess I had that preparation already, but it’s not what I was thinking.” But I so see it now.