{"id":77963,"date":"2023-05-31T23:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T23:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=77963"},"modified":"2023-05-31T23:52:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T23:52:02","slug":"kim-cattrall-back-samantha-jones-in-and-just-like-that","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/kim-cattrall-back-samantha-jones-in-and-just-like-that\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sex and the City\u2019 Star Kim Cattrall Will Reprise Her Role as Samantha Jones in \u2018And Just Like That\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kim Cattrall stars in the comedy series “Sex And The City” now in its third season. (Photo by HBO\/Newsmakers)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just when we thought it was time to let go<\/a> of the idea that Kim Cattrall<\/a> would ever return to the Sex and the City<\/em> franchise And Just Like That<\/em>, the actress will now reprise her iconic role of Samantha Jones<\/a> in the new HBO spinoff series.<\/p>\n

As we wait for season 2 of And Just Like That<\/em><\/a> to air on HBO on June 22, Variety<\/em><\/a> has reported that Cattrall will star as Samantha in just one scene of the sophomore season\u2019s finale. According to insiders, Cattrall filmed her scene on March 22 in New York City, avoiding any contact with Sarah Jessica Parker or And Just Like That<\/em> showrunner Michael Patrick King.<\/p>\n

Sex and the City<\/em> costume designer and longtime friend to Cattrall<\/a>, Patricia Field<\/a> (who has not been working on And Just Like That<\/em>) dressed Samantha for her scene.<\/p>\n

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Actress Kim Cattrall Stars As Samantha In The Hbo Comedy Series “Sex And The City” The Third Season. (Photo By Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the finale episode of\u00a0And Just Like That’<\/em>s first season<\/a>, Sarah Jessica Parker\u2019s character Carrie Bradshaw travels to Paris to scatter her late husband, Big\u2019s ashes in the Seine River. Looking to find solace in her estranged friend, Carrie shoots her Samantha a text, and the two arrange a date for drinks.<\/p>\n

The series wrote around Cattrall\u2019s absence in the revival with the storyline that Samantha moved to London and Carrie had fired her as her publicist. The two briefly communicate through text message throughout the debut season \u2013 except when Samantha sends the largest flower arrangement for Big\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n

In early 2022, Parker\u00a0told Andy Cohen<\/a> on Watch What Happens Live,<\/em><\/a>\u00a0“Samantha is not gone. The actress that played that role is no longer playing that role, but people aren\u2019t absent from your life when you don\u2019t want them to be.”<\/p>\n

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Kim Cattrall stars in “Sex And The City” (“Ex And The City” episode). 1999 Paramount Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last May, Cattrall told Variety<\/em><\/a>, “That feels different than the Samantha that I played.” Adding, “A world that I know so much about that now I don\u2019t.”<\/p>\n

Fans have long been holding out hope for an appearance by Samantha<\/a> in And Just Like That<\/em>, despite the real-life public friction between Parker and Cattrall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While having heard much about how deeply her character’s vivacious and defining presence has been missed by fans, Cattrall divulged that she has never watched the new series.<\/p>\n

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Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis pose for a portrait in an undated photo on the set of the HBO series “Sex and the City.” (Photo Courtesy of HBO\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The actress starred as Samantha in six seasons of Sex and the City<\/em> from 1998 to 2004, before appearing in two SATC<\/em> films.<\/p>\n

After declining to star in a third feature-length film continuing the Sex and the City<\/em> storyline, Cattrall didn’t feel that the script was doing her character justice. Apparently the plot was set to revolve around Samantha receiving unsolicited nude photos from Miranda’s 14-year-old son, Brady Hobbs. “It\u2019s heartbreaking,” she expressed.<\/p>\n

Cattrall told the publication that after filming the sequel film, “Everything in me went, ‘I\u2019m done,'” she said.\u00a0“I made my feelings clear after the possible third movie, so I found out about [And Just Like That<\/em>] like everyone else did \u2014 on social media.”<\/p>\n

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Parker, Nixon, Davis and Cattall in their Season 1 “looks” (Photo by HBO\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While the series has continued to keep Samantha entwined in the plot, Cattrall said, “It\u2019s odd, isn\u2019t it? I don\u2019t know how to feel about it. It\u2019s so finite for me, so it doesn\u2019t continue.” She explained, “This feels like an echo of the past. Other than the really wonderful feeling of \u2014 it\u2019s rare in my business \u2014 people wanting more, especially at 65. That feels powerful, that I\u2019ve left something behind that I\u2019m so proud of. I loved her. I loved her so, so, so much. It\u2019s tough competition. The original show is in all of our imaginations. But for me, it feels clean.”<\/p>\n

When asked how she feels about Parker not being okay with the idea of Cattrall reprising her role, the actress said, “Well, it would never happen anyway. So nobody has to worry about that.”<\/p>\n

At least the Samantha-shaped hole in our hearts will be temporarily filled this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31863,"featured_media":77961,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,38,16,3925],"yoast_head":"\n\u2018Sex and the City' Alum Kim Cattrall Will Star in \u2018And Just Like That\u2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u2018Sex and the City\u2019 actress Kim Cattrall will reprise her iconic role as Samantha Jones in \u2018And Just Like That\u2019\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/kim-cattrall-back-samantha-jones-in-and-just-like-that\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Sex and the City\u2019 Star Kim Cattrall Will Reprise Her Role as Samantha Jones in \u2018And 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