Glenn Close tried her best to compliment her All’s Fair co-star Kim Kardashian in a new interview.

Close, 78, told Variety on Wednesday that Kardashian, 45, “had no pretensions that she was a great actress” while filming the critically-panned series, which reunites Kardashian with co-creator Ryan Murphy, with whom she previously worked on American Horror Story: Delicate. That said, Close added, “She was smart enough to have people around her who she could learn from.” Close stars alongside Kardashian, Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts, Teyana Taylor, and Niecy Nash-Betts in the Hulu series.

The eight-time Oscar-nominee said she was most surprised by Kardashian’s “seriousness of intent.” She “always knew her lines,” she said. “She never was late. She always was prepared.”

Close explained, “If

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