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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Alexi Duggins

‘Kim Kardashian had no pretensions that she was a great actress’: Glenn Close hits back at zero-star All’s Fair reviews

Glenn Close, photographed in London for The Guardian.
‘Kim always knew her lines’ … Glenn Close, photographed in London for The Guardian. Photograph: David Vintiner

Glenn Close has hit back at the critical mauling for her recent series All’s Fair. The actor stars in Ryan Murphy’s legal drama, which has received a string of zero-star reviews. In her appraisal, the Guardian’s Lucy Mangan described it as: “Fascinatingly, incomprehensibly, existentially terrible.” The series currently holds a 3% rating on reviews site Rotten Tomatoes.

According to Close, the main issue was the choice to air the worst three episodes first. “I personally think that the first three episodes were the weakest,” she told Variety. “That was a tough way to start. I’ve seen all nine episodes, and I think it actually adds up to something.”

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