After which there have been three. Information of the Sex and the City revival collection, And Just Like That, got here with one main caveat: Kim Cattrall, who performed PR maven Samantha Jones, wouldn't be a part of the brand new present.
In January 2021, Sarah Jessica Parker confirmed a “new chapter” of Intercourse and the Metropolis was in improvement at HBO Max with an Instagram video displaying clips of New York Metropolis. “I couldn’t assist however surprise … the place are they now?” she wrote on the time.
The Household Stone actress was nominated for 10 Primetime Emmys throughout the present’s unique run from 1998 to 2004, taking a house a trophy in 2001 for producing and profitable Excellent Lead Actress in a Comedy Sequence in 2004 for her position as Carrie Bradshaw.
When the revival collection was introduced, HBO confirmed that Carrie’s best friends Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) can be alongside for the trip too — with out Cattrall. Although some followers have been disillusioned by the news that the quartet had become a trio, others weren’t fully shocked given the Model star’s extremely publicized feud with Parker.
Rumors of tension began in December 2004 because the present was coming to an finish. On the time, Cattrall mentioned that she’d requested for a wage of $1 million per episode. “Once they didn’t appear eager on that, I believed it was time to maneuver on,” she informed Jonathan Ross.
Later, Parker stood up for her former costar’s proper to ask for extra money, saying that “nobody ought to vilify her” for wanting a pay elevate. “Individuals decided that we had vilified her,” the Divorce alum defined in Might 2008. “Nobody bothered to say [to the rest of us], ‘Are you disillusioned by not making the film?’ Sure. ‘Do you respect and assist her option to not do it?’ Completely.'”
Almost a decade later, nonetheless, issues hit a boiling level when information broke {that a} third Intercourse and the Metropolis movie wouldn’t be occurring. After Parker mentioned she was “disillusioned” by the scenario, the late Willie Garson retweeted an article claiming that Cattrall was the rationale the film was off the desk. “And that, is that. And sadly, the explanations are true. Interval,” he wrote in September 2017.
Whereas the stress had largely been about skilled endeavors till that time, issues received private following the loss of life of Cattrall’s brother in February 2018. After Parker despatched her condolences through Instagram, the Filthy Wealthy alum publicly referred to as her out.
“Your steady reaching out is a painful reminder of how merciless you actually have been then and now,” she wrote through Instagram on the time. “Let me make this VERY clear (if I haven’t already). You aren't my household. You aren't my good friend. So I’m writing to inform you one final time to cease exploiting our tragedy as a way to restore your ‘good lady’ persona.”
Although followers held out hope {that a} reconciliation may occur earlier than the revival started manufacturing in spring 2021, there’s been no indication that the Golden Globe winner will make an look within the new collection. Maintain scrolling to see every thing the Sex and the City cast and crew have mentioned about Cattrall’s absence from And Simply Like That:
