Candace Bushnell is the creator of the Sex and the City column that existed in the New York Observe, which was soon turned into a book of essays of the same name.
02.02.2022 - 02:01 / etonline.com
executive producer, writer and director Michael Patrick King is talking about beloved late actor Willie Garson, and his original plans for Garson's character in the revival before the actor's devastating death.Garson, who played Carrie Bradshaw's best friend Stanford Blatch, had been battling pancreatic cancer and died in September at 57 years old. As viewers found out in the fourth episode of the new HBO Max series, Stanford abruptly decided to get a divorce from his husband, Anthony, and moved to Tokyo to manage a 17-year-old TikTok star.
King said his original plan was for Stanford to be in all 10 episodes of season 1 of the revival, but Garson couldn't complete filming.«Stanford was going to have a midlife crisis,» King revealed in a new Q&A with «Stanford's character always had a borderline career as a manager, and we were like going to explore the fact that it wasn't a real career. It was going to be Carrie [played by Sarah Jessica Parker] and him, feeling the shifts.
Anthony and him were probably going to have split anyway.»«Then we would keep both of them in, and everybody would be relieved that they were divorced because it was not pleasant for anybody,» he continued. «But there was a series of really fun, flirty, hilarious confidante scenes with Carrie that I loved.
That old, old, very specific chemistry that Carrie and Stanford have, which is based totally on the uniqueness of Willie and Sarah Jessica’s history.»King said he purposely made Stanford's final storyline as straightforward as possible.«Life and death is one thing in fiction: When it's real, it’s not funny or cute,» he explained. «I didn't want to even flirt narratively with cute business about where he is.
Candace Bushnell is the creator of the Sex and the City column that existed in the New York Observe, which was soon turned into a book of essays of the same name.
Candace Bushnell isn’t sure about And Just Like That.
The woman behind “Sex and the City” doesn’t sound thrilled with the direction of the show.
Zack Sharf Candace Bushnell, the author whose 1996 book anthology “Sex and the City” was adapted into the iconic HBO series of the same name, was left “really startled” by sequel series “And Just Like That.” Bushnell dropped her “And Just Like That” reaction during a recent interview with The New Yorker. “And Just Like That” polarized “Sex and the City” fans with storylines such as Big’s death and Miranda’s decision to divorce her husband Steve after falling in love with a nonbinary queer comedian.“I’m really startled by a lot of the decisions made in the reboot,” Bushnell said. “You know, it’s a television product, done with Michael Patrick King and Sarah Jessica Parker, who have both worked with HBO a lot in the past.
Sarah Jessica Parker is getting candid about And Just Like That.
Sarah Jessica Parker is steering clear of any negativity regarding HBO Max's reboot recently aired its season 1 finale to mixed reviews, but that isn't getting the show's leading lady down.On Monday's episode of , a fan asked what Parker made of the criticism of the show, which revisits the lives of Carrie Bradshaw (Parker), Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York (Kristin Davis), who are well into their 50s.«I haven't read anything, so I don't know about any chatter,» she told Cohen. «I guess I'm grateful that we're doing anything that affords conversation.
Sarah Jessica Parker addressed Kim Cattrall’s absence in “And Just Like That…” once again Monday as she chatted to Andy Cohen on “Watch What Happens Live”.
Sex and the City fans haven’t missed the key absence in the reboot And Just Like That… in the shape of, of course, Samantha Jones, played by Kim Cattrall. The star has made it very clear she didn't want to return to the role in any capacity, meaning the original four friends weren't officially reunited.
SPOILER ALERT: This piece contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of “And Just Like That,” which premiered Feb. 3 on HBO Max.Reader, if you’re seeing these words, we must congratulate ourselves — we’ve made it through the “And Just Like That” wars alive.The “Sex and the City” revival, which premiered in December on HBO Max, has been the subject of passionate discussion (and division) through its 10-episode season, while also becoming the streamer’s most successful original series.
SPOILER ALERT: This story reveals major plot points from the Season 1 finale of HBO Max’s And Just Like That…
. His hilarious character, Anthony Marentino, is newly single on the reboot, and everyone's favorite outspoken baker could find love again.«The thing about Anthony is, and [show runner] Michael Patrick King told me, that he has evolved,» 62-year-old Cantone tells ET's Rachel Smith of his character.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Mario Cantone returned to the 'And Just Like That. . .
Mario Cantone is reflecting on his time filming and saying goodbye to the late Willie Garson. Cantone's Anthony Marentino and Garson's Stanford Blatch had quite the journey in the couple of episodes they were together before Garson devastating death. The actor opened up about being on set the day after Garson died, and filming his divorce scene with Sarah Jessica Parker.«It was very sad, and it was filmed before Willie passed.
get back on your Peloton, a second season of the critically panned “And Just Like That” looks set to hit small screens.After Page Six last week reported that the likelihood of the HBO Max “Sex and the City” revival being renewed was “high,” Sarah Jessica Parker has confirmed she’s spoken with executive producer Michael Patrick King about making a start on Season 2. “Michael and I spoke two weeks ago, and said: ‘OK, when are we going to talk about this?’ ” Parker, 56, told Variety on Tuesday.
Fans hoping to see Kim Cattrall on And Just Like That might need to move on.
There are plenty of criticisms being lobbed at And Just Like That… But one of the show’s missing elements is no one’s fault but f**king cancer.