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20 hours ago
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Kim Cattrall Turned Down ‘Sex And The City' Role 4 Times Due To 'Self-Inflicted Ageism'
It might seem impossible to imagine anyone other than Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones, but the now iconic character initially took her some convincing. The Golden Globe winner recently revealed that she turned down the part in HBO's Sex and the City four times before signing on due to 'self-inflicted ageism' over being 41 in such a sexually confident role. More from Deadline Kim Cattrall Kindly Shuts Down 'And Just Like That' Season 3 Return Rumors 'And Just Like That …' Season 3: Everything We Know So Far Sarah Jessica Parker Asks Why Fans "Judge Women" Characters For Mistakes But "Not Men" 'Well, that changed — 40 became sexy. It became, 'Man, let's have more of that,' she explained to The Times of what persuaded her. 'She wasn't a nymphomaniac — well, some people might have thought she was — but she was just enjoying the main course. Everyone else was nibbling on the appetisers when she was going for the steak. And it was always on her terms — that I always insisted on,' added Cattrall. 'But I'm the antithesis of her [Samantha] in many ways. I'm a serial monogamist, and then some.' Cattrall said of the beloved role, 'I created a fantastic character that I loved, and I put a lot of love in it. And if I'm remembered only for that, then that's really OK.' Based on Candace Bushnell's New York Observer column, Sex and the City ran for six seasons on HBO from 1998 to 2004, followed by two theatrically-released feature films in 2008 and 2010, as well as the CW prequel series The Carrie Diaries (2013-'14). The sequel series And Just Like That… debuted on HBO Max in 2021, kicking off its third season on May 29. After opening up about her behind-the-scenes differences with co-star Sarah Jessica Parker, Cattrall opted not to reunite with Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis in And Just Like That…, but she still graced fans with a brief Samantha appearance in the Season 2 finale after Deadline reported the cameo back in 2023. Best of Deadline 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More 'Stick' Soundtrack: All The Songs You'll Hear In The Apple TV+ Golf Series 'Stick' Release Guide: When Do New Episodes Come Out?
Yahoo
4 days ago
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Kim Cattrall Turned Down ‘Sex And The City' 4 Times Until 1 Thought Changed Her Mind
In a city of millions of stories, one of the boldest ones almost didn't get told — because Kim Cattrall nearly said no to her role in 'Sex and the City.' Cattrall portrayed Samantha Jones — the sex-positive, PR powerhouse with a Rolodex of lovers and even quicker wit — in the hit TV series 'Sex and the City' and its cinematic spin-offs. But this force of nature almost never made it to our screens. While chatting with The Times of London on June 12, Cattrall revealed she initially passed on the part 'four times,' citing what she called 'self-inflicted ageism.' But she said that shifted when '40 became sexy.' '[Samantha] wasn't a nymphomaniac — well, some people might have thought she was — but she was just enjoying the main course,' she added. 'Everyone else was nibbling on the appetizers when she was going for the steak. And it was always on her terms — that I always insisted on.' But in her real life? Cattrall told the Times that she saw a lot of herself in her character. 'I'm the antithesis of her [Samantha] in many ways,' she said. 'I'm a serial monogamist, and then some.' When HBO Max revived the series in 2021 with 'And Just Like That…,' Cattrall stood firm as the lone original lead who didn't return full-time, though she did offer fans a fleeting cameo in the Season 2 finale. Her absence was felt, but her stance was clear, as she told 'Today' in 2023, 'This is as far as I'm going to go.' Kim Cattrall Has This To Say About Returning To 'And Just Like That' In The Future Kim Cattrall Says Defending Self Is Key In Possible Reference To 'Sex And The City' Feud Kim Cattrall Hints At Whether Fans Can Expect More Of Her On 'And Just Like That'
Elle
6 days ago
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- Elle
Kim Cattrall Says Her Internalized Ageism Made Her Turn Down ‘SATC' Role 4 Times
In a new interview, Kim Cattrall shared how Sex and the City fan favorite Samantha Jones wasn't an immediate 'yes' for her when she was cast. The star admitted she turned down the role four times because of 'self-inflicted ageism.' The actress was 41-years-old when she became Samantha, which she at first felt was too old for such a confidently sexual character. 'Well, that changed—40 became sexy. It became, 'Man, let's have more of that,' she told The Times. 'She wasn't a nymphomaniac—well, some people might have thought she was—but she was just enjoying the main course. Everyone else was nibbling on the appetizers when she was going for the steak. And it was always on her terms—that I always insisted on. But I'm the antithesis of her [Samantha] in many ways. I'm a serial monogamist, and then some.' Cattrall added, 'I created a fantastic character that I loved, and I put a lot of love in it. And if I'm remembered only for that, then that's really okay.' The original Sex and the City had six seasons on HBO before ending in 2004. The sequel series And Just Like That… premiered in 2021, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis. Cattrall declined to return as Samantha until season 2, when she made a brief cameo in one episode. In May, Parker was asked by ELLE UK if there might be another Samantha cameo, and the actress replied, 'No, no, I don't think so. Not that we [Parker and showrunner Michael Patrick King] have ever discussed.' In July 2024, a source told Life & Style, 'Since they've paved the way for Samantha to come back, it's assumed that they've done a deal with Kim and they're just waiting for the right time to announce it. The word is that she'll get to do all her scenes in London.'
Winnipeg Free Press
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Body positivity losing its lustre on social media
Opinion In a scene from this week's episode of And Just Like That…, HBO's Sex and the City sequel series, Anthony (Mario Cantone) is lamenting the fact that no one is coming to the grand opening of the brick-and-mortar location of his bakery, Hot Fellas. 'Where is everybody? Are people scared of carbs again? Is body negativity back?' he asks. As he might say: it certainly frickin' seems like it, Anthony! Last week, TikTok made the move to ban the hashtag #SkinnyTok from its platform after European regulators sounded the alarm over the kinds of content being posted there, most of it promoting extreme thinness and the equally extreme measures it takes to get there. That Anthony should note the 'again' and 'back' of it all speaks to just how cyclical — and how positively Y2K — this stuff is. After all, he was there in the late '90s/early 2000s on Sex and the City when Carrie famously wore a belt over her bare, toned, tanned midriff. After a brief moment in the 2010s when the body positivity movement made it feel like maybe, just maybe, we'd turned a corner, it feels, culturally, like we're sliding back to the era of low-rise jeans, impossibly thin physiques and diet culture that doesn't even attempt to pretend it's about health. Look at any comments on social media and you'll see body shaming is alive and well; actively trying to become the smallest version of yourself is encouraged and lauded. My point being, TikTok banning the hashtag is great and all, but these cultural ideas didn't need TikTok to take root before. As Kate Lindsay writes in the Internet-focused newsletter Embedded: 'Until we fix society's sinister, pervasive and constantly fluctuating standards for what bodies are acceptable bodies, everything is SkinnyTok.' She's right. From the 'what I eat in a day' videos to the relentless fitness obsession with both packing away obscene amounts of protein and getting 10,000 steps (although, according to the cursed algorithm that has found me, that target has moved to 20K) to even the blatant use of the word 'skinny,' it's all SkinnyTok even if it's not explicitly labelled as such. The goal is the same: get smaller. Besides, young, internet-native users are crafty. They know how to get around censors — pro-tip: seggs = sex, unalived = killing/suicide — to keep making the kind of content that is clearly popular among social media users. As to why these retrograde, 'nothing tastes as good as skinny feels' social mores are trending again is more difficult to parse. It could have to do with the mainstreaming of GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic, which have made previously unattainable body types much more attainable, so long as you can afford it. It could have to do with the fact that we live in deeply uncertain times, and restriction reliably offers an illusion of control. It could also have to do with the fact that we're just more aware of how we're perceived, owing to social media. But it could also be pop culture's tendency to treat body types — you know, something we famously have control over — like cuts of jeans: in one season, out the next. Wednesdays Columnist Jen Zoratti looks at what's next in arts, life and pop culture. The body-positivity movement, like all social movements, wasn't perfect. It didn't leave a lot of room for ideas around body neutrality, for example, or even weight fluctuation, leading to a lot of body policing and complicated feelings when artists/creators/influencers who built their businesses on body positivity started losing weight. But it did see people pushing back against social pressures around thinness. It gave us the language to be able to recognize that well-meaning sentiments such as 'strong is the new skinny,' were just valourizing a different (but still thin) feminine ideal. It allowed us to see a diversity of bodies in advertising and online. Crucially, it called out fatphobia, discrimination and inequitable access to health care. Thin is in again. But maybe it was folly to think it was ever out. Jen ZorattiColumnist Jen Zoratti is a columnist and feature writer working in the Arts & Life department, as well as the author of the weekly newsletter NEXT. A National Newspaper Award finalist for arts and entertainment writing, Jen is a graduate of the Creative Communications program at RRC Polytech and was a music writer before joining the Free Press in 2013. Read more about Jen. Every piece of reporting Jen produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print – part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates. Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
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Cynthia Nixon Reveals Rosie O'Donnell Was Offered A Role In Every Season Of ‘And Just Like That…' Before Joining Season 3: 'I Think It Was A Good One'
It turns out that Rosie O'Donnell's surprising appearance on And Just Like That… Season 3 was a long time coming. During an appearance on The View, Cynthia Nixon revealed that Michael Patrick King – who serves as the And Just Like That… executive producer, show runner, and chief writer – had written a part for O'Donnell in every season of the spinoff series in the hopes of having her on the show. '[He] had written a part that he was hoping Rosie would do in each of the seasons and it's never worked out yet, but this one worked out. And I think it was a good one,' she explained on The View. She then teased their characters 'meet at a lesbian bar and fun ensues.' Sarah Jessica Parker also praised O'Donnell, adding, 'She was great at the table read. She was so great.' The comedian certainly made a splash in her Season 3 cameo. The season premiere, 'Outlook Good,' shows Miranda hooking up with Mary (O'Donnell) after meeting in a lesbian bar. But Miranda quickly comes to regret her decision after she learns more about Mary. Not only was this a one night stand, but it was actually Mary's first time having sex! On The View, Nixon later addressed why they chose to make her character, Miranda, queer in the spinoff series. 'Michael Patrick King and I had a super brief conversation, like a one-minute conversation,' she revealed. 'It was like, 'We really want the show to be more inclusive than it used to be. We're adding all these queer characters, would you like Miranda to be one?' And I was like, 'Sure why not.'' Nixon also credited the show for being 'so great at exploring' topics like this. 'It felt like a really natural fit. And it's just one thing that our show has always done so brilliantly,' she said. 'It has allowed us, first of all, to age, to not hide the fact that we're aging. But also to evolve and change.' The View airs on weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.
