{"id":29244,"date":"2021-07-12T15:11:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T15:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=29244"},"modified":"2021-07-12T15:11:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T15:11:30","slug":"satc-reboot-andrew-mccarthy-mannequin-kim-cattrall","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/satc-reboot-andrew-mccarthy-mannequin-kim-cattrall\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew McCarthy Has The Perfect Samantha Replacement for the \u2018Sex and the City\u2019 Reboot"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29247\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29247\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/07\/AAA04720_b4-e1626102185567.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis (Photo: courtesy of HBO Max)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If there\u2019s one major question that\u2019s been hanging over HBO Max\u2019s upcoming series <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/fashion-designers-style-and-just-like-that-cast\/\"><em>And Just Like That<\/em><\/a>\u2014you know, besides \u201cShould we really be doing this?\u201d\u2014it\u2019s how the <em>Sex and the City <\/em>revival is going to <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/kim-cattrall-flying-moon-instead-returning-sex-and-the-city\/\">explain<\/a> the absence of Samantha Jones. With original star <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sarah-jessica-parker-kim-cattrall-reboot\/\">Kim Cattrall<\/a> refusing to return to the scene of her character\u2019s early 2000s sexual escapades, that leaves a gaping void that the Internet has been desperate to fill with everyone from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lanikaps\/status\/1413553873269178373\" target=\"_blank\">Jean Smart<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aramnotagoat\/status\/1413564393502265344\" target=\"_blank\">Miss Piggy<\/a>. (Talk about a Sophie\u2019s Choice!)<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, HBO Max released the first official photo of the show\u2019s three returning stars in character as filming began on the streets of New York. The image shows <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sarah-jessica-parker-tabitha-broderick-street-style\/\">Sarah Jessica Parker<\/a> striding down the street as Carrie Bradshaw, flanked on either side by gal pals Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte (Kristen Davis). The ladies look fantastic, if a little\u2026washed out. (I may need a full oral history of the negotiations behind the decision to <em>not<\/em> have Nixon dye her hair red again!)<\/p>\n<p>The photo also includes a lot of the NYC sidewalk, which the Internet used as its canvas to suggest hypothetical Samantha fill-ins like those mentioned above. But the best by far has to be from writer and comedian H. Alan Scott, who Photoshopped in actor Andrew McCarthy carrying the mannequin played by Cattrall herself in the 1987 romantic comedy <em>Mannequin<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bdmtBOeNJk\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/bdmtBOeNJk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; H. Alan Scott (@HAlanScott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HAlanScott\/status\/1413646564430520324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Forget every \u201cBest Reactions\u201d list that came before. <em>This<\/em> is the best <em>And Just Like That<\/em> meme so far. The image spread far and wide over the weekend, with McCarthy himself even <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewTMcCarthy\/status\/1414344223533449223\" target=\"_blank\">retweeting<\/a> it, writing \u201cI thought they\u2019d never call.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I thought they\u2019d never call <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fn3OLR09q8\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Fn3OLR09q8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew McCarthy (@AndrewTMcCarthy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewTMcCarthy\/status\/1414344223533449223?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And this was just the first day of filming! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3wxyN3z9PL4\" target=\"_blank\">Nothing\u2019s gonna stop them now<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29097,"featured_media":29247,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,38,2006,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Andrew McCarthy Has The Perfect Samantha Replacement for the \u2018Sex and the City\u2019 Reboot<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On Friday, HBO Max released the first official photo from Sex and the City reboot And Just Like That. 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