Kim Kardashian: Interviewing Elizabeth Taylor soon before her death was surreal

The reality star is an executive producer on a new three-part series about the actress.

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Kim Kardashian's sitdown interview at the Skims Studio

Kim Kardashian has said it “felt surreal” to speak to Hollywood actress Dame Elizabeth Taylor for what is thought to be her last-ever interview.

The US media personality who found fame on reality show Keeping Up With Kardashians, alongside her family members, is an executive producer on BBC Arts’ new three-part series about the actress.

The 43-year-old spoke to Dame Elizabeth for a Harper’s Bazaar profile the month before her death in 2011 where the pair shared stories about their love for jewellery.

Speaking about the interview, Kardashian said: “I was doing a shoot for Harper’s Bazaar and they said they’d love it to have a Cleopatra-themed cover, and that I could interview Elizabeth for the cover story.”

Kim Kardashian sits with the BBC team pre-shoot
Kim Kardashian sits with the team pre-shoot (BBC/Passion Docs Ltd/Pierre Auroux/@PIERRESNAPS/PA)

Dame Elizabeth famously played the Egyptian queen in 1963 romance film Cleopatra.

“Everyone knew how much I loved her and I was so excited,” Kardashian said.