Cynthia Nixon wants And Just Like That fans to manage their expectations for Kim Cattrall’s season 2 cameo.
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exclusively reported last month that Kim Cattrall would be reprising her iconic “Sex and the City” role on its sequel series, “And Just Like That,” very soon.The “Ice Princess” star, 66, appeared on Wednesday’s episode of “The View” and got candid about her cameo.She admitted that it was HBO executive Casey Bloys who phoned her up and asked if she would like to come back for the “AJLT” Season 2 finale.However, Cattrall wasn’t going to sign on so easily and she made the CEO a deal. “It’s very interesting to get a call from the head of HBO saying, ‘What can we do?’” Cattrall smiled.
“And I went, ‘Hmmm … let me get creative.’”The “Filthy Rich” alum asked Bloys to allow friend and famed “Sex and the City” costume designer, Patricia Field, to clothe her for the one scene. “I just thought, ‘If I’m going to come back, I got to come back with that kind of Samantha style,’” she said.
“I got to push it. And we did.”Cattrall did not join the spinoff show for its pilot season due to rumors of a catty “mean girls” feud between her and co-star Sarah Jessica Parker.Parker, 58, even divulged her thoughts on the sex-crazed publicist’s comeback in a recent chat with Entertainment Weekly.The “Hocus Pocus” star “thought it was a really nice idea” to bring Samantha back for the “cliffhanger” finale episode.“Samantha is present in Season 1 and more so in Season 2 via text.
It was just a nice nod to the 25 years [of ‘Sex and the City’] to add the face to the text,” Parker explained.She continued to share more insight into the scene: “It’s a really opportune moment in the story, [a] consequential event happening in Carrie [Bradshaw]’s life, that Samantha rings and they have this quick, lovely, sentimental, funny call. And it just feels normal
.Cynthia Nixon wants And Just Like That fans to manage their expectations for Kim Cattrall’s season 2 cameo.
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Kim Cattrall is making her return to the universe. After previously disavowing , the actress revealed that she has a cameo on the second season of the spinoff series, shocking fans and prompting her co-stars to speak out.Cattrall will reprise her beloved character, Samantha Jones, for the first time since the 2010 film, The main question on everyone's mind is how showrunner Michael Patrick King convinced her to return, and if she's still embroiled in drama with her former co-star and lead, Sarah Jessica Parker.While the alleged feud came to light just a few years ago, it has fascinated fans ever since and led to her character being written out of the show — although not killed off — when was picked up in 2021.In light of the unexpected casting news, ET is looking back at the years-long public drama between Cattrall and Parker to examine when things went south, and what both actresses have said about the headline-grabbing drama ever since.When was shooting its final season, Cattrall sat down for a chat on the British talk show,, and vented a bit about the financial elements that led to the show ending after six seasons. Cattrall claimed at the time, «I felt after six years it was time for all of us to participate in the financial windfall of . When they didn’t seem keen on that I thought it was time to move on.»King also claimed, in an interview in August 2018, that tensions ran high between the stars of the show — Cattrall, Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis — from early on in the series.
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heart, but that doesn't mean she'll make any more cameos in the spinoff, On May 31, that Cattrall would return for a single scene in the season-two finale, featuring a phone call between Samantha and Carrie Bradshaw (), which was filmed in New York in March. Per the report, “Cattrall’s appearance as Samantha will not be a continuation of the character for now.” Cattrall echoed this sentiment in a recent interview on TODAY with Hoda & Jenna, which will air on June 30.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director “Sex and the City” fans will want to cherish every second of Kim Cattrall’s cameo as Samantha Jones in the “And Just Like That” Season 2 finale, as it sounds like it will be the last time Cattrall reprises her fan-favorite character. “This is as far as I’m going to go,” Cattrall told “Today” after being asked about Samantha’s future beyond the cameo. “[But] I don’t think I’ll ever say goodbye to Samantha. She’s like a lot of other characters that I’ve done over the years. I get very emotionally attached and protective of my characters. She gave me so much, and I’m so appreciative of her.” Variety exclusively reported in May that Cattrall would appear in the second season of Max’s “Sex and the City” sequel series “And Just Like That.” The scene in question finds Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie and Cattrall’s Samantha having a brief conversation over the phone. Cattrall shot her scene without any involvement from the show’s current cast.
Kim Cattrall isn't closing the door on Samantha Jones. The 66-year-old staple previously confirmed that she is returning for the season 2 finale of the show's Max reboot,, for a brief cameo as the sex-positive PR expert. In a sneak peek clip of an upcoming interview on , Cattrall also touches on the future of Samantha. «I don't think I'll ever say goodbye to Samantha.
Kim Cattrall made one big demand before agreeing to reprise her role of Samantha Jones. On Wednesday's episode of , the 66-year-old actress revealed what she asked for before signing on for a cameo on .«It's very interesting to get a call from the head of HBO saying, 'What can we do?' I went, 'Hmmm.
We’re pretty sure Kim Cattrall is the only member of the original Sex and the City crew we HAVEN’T yet heard from about her return!
Kim Cattrall knew what she wanted from HBO for her return to the “Sex and the City” universe.
Kim Cattrall is reprising her role of Samantha Jones for the first time in the spinoff sequel And Just Like That. Her cameo on the Max show has fans excited and the Glamorous star recently talked about how it came to be.
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“Sex and the City” fans have been waiting for Kim Cattrall’s return, so it’s no surprise Sarah Jessica Parker has been asked about it in every interview recently, especially given the pair’s infamous feud.
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Kim Cattrall reprising her role as Samantha in HBO Max’s “And Just Like That” is a “magical treat,” tease showrunner Michael Patrick King.
Kim Cattrall, 66, will return as sultry publicist Samantha Jones in a cameo appearance on the “Sex and the City” spinoff “And Just Like That”Showrunner Michael Patrick King discussed Cattrall’s homecoming in a new interview, but played coy about Samantha’s future.“I wouldn’t even want you to know she was coming back this time, so I am not gonna say anything about Samantha in the future,” King told “Entertainment Tonight” on Tuesday.The Post learned that Cattrall filmed a “cliffhanger” scene for the series’ sophomore season, which is set to premiere Thursday on Max (formerly known as HBO Max).The scene was filmed in March in a town car in a parking garage near Silvercup Studios in Queens, where the show’s interiors are shot. One source said Cattrall’s appearance was kept so “hush-hush” that her name didn’t even appear on the call sheet.
The cat is out of the bag—Kim Cattrall will briefly return as Samantha Jones in Season 2 of Max’s And Just Like That… and the appearance was meant to be a big surprise, according to stars and executive producers Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael Patrick King, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis, who told Deadline they’re very disappointed it was leaked. But now that everybody knows, they also want to temper expectations because the cameo is small but meaningful.