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TheHow I Met Your Fatherstar, 65, attended the ceremony with three former colleagues from her time on HBO’sSex and the City— series creator Darren Star; costume designerPatricia Field; andCandace Bushnell, who wrote the newspaper column and book on which the series was based.
Cattrall played Samantha Jones on the show, which lasted six seasons and spawned two feature films, but — like Star, Field and Bushnell — had no involvement in HBO’s recentSex and the Citycontinuation series,And Just Like That….
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When asked what it meant to her to have her formerSATCcolleagues join her at the event, where she was honored for her work withThe Actors Fund, Cattrall said “it means absolutely everything.”
“We spent over 25 years of our lives together,” the actress added, going on to say how much she missed having Field, who won an Emmy for costume design onSex and the City,adjust her outfits.
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“I’m so used to her fluffing, andzhooshing,I was like, ‘I miss this! I miss you!’ "
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For her cover story inVariety’s Power of Women issue, Cattrallagain discussed her very public departurefrom theSex and the Cityfranchise and claimed she had not been asked to take part in the new seriesAnd Just Like That….
Of her iconic role, Cattrall said that she “would never want to look back on [Samantha] with anything other than pride.”
But after six seasons and two films, she added, “Everything in me went, ‘I’m done.’ "
In 2017, Cattrallturned down a script for a never-produced thirdSex and the Citymovie— a decision that seems to have ultimately led to her not being invited to join HBO Max’s rebootAnd Just Like That….
“I made my feelings clear after the possible third movie, so I found out about [the reboot] like everyone else did — on social media,” she said.
Not that she was entirely bothered not to revisit the iconic role.
“Can you imagine going back to a job you did 25 years ago?” she asked. “And the job didn’t get easier; it got more complicated in the sense of how are you going to progress with these characters?”
Cattrall said that much of what was supposed to appear in the scrapped film — including themajor plot pointsof Mr. Big’s (Chris Noth)sudden deathand Carrie’s (Sarah Jessica Parker) mourning period — found their way into the reboot: “The series is basically the third movie. That’s how creative it was.”
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She added thatAnd Just Like That…“feels like an echo of the past.”
And though she felt “ultimately protective” of Samantha, Cattrall said she knew it was time to step away, tellingVariety, “Everything has to grow, or it dies.”
She added, “I don’t want to be nude anymore. I’m 65. I’m in great shape. But I’m just not interested. I feel like I filled my quota on that one.”
Cattrall further acknowledged she never felt intimately connected with costars Parker,Kristin DavisandCynthia Nixon: “I think we were colleagues. My colleagues aren’t my friends. It was professional.”
She noted, “It’s a great wisdom to know when enough is enough. I also didn’t want to compromise what the show was to me. The way forward seemed clear.”
And Just Like That…, meanwhile, has beenpicked up for a second seasonon HBO Max, with Parker, Nixon, Davis and co-creator/showrunnerMichael Patrick Kingin tow.
source: people.com
