After refusing to appear in a third Sex and the City film and not being asked to join the HBO Max spinoff And Just Like That, Kim Cattrall has finally listened to the pleas of her gay fans and will return for the show’s upcoming second season.
SPOILER ALERT! According to Variety, Cattrall will make a cameo appearance in the season 2 finale episode in which she has a phone conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker.
While Samantha Jones and Carrie Bradshaw may be reuniting, Cattrall and Parker will absolutely not be. Sources tell the outlet Cattrall filmed her scenes in March without “seeing or speaking” with Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis or showrunner Michael Patrick King. Those NYC streets are cold AF, y’all!
Sarah Jessica Parker and crew are back in production — expect more sex and less city.
Cattrall’s return did have her rekindling her working relationship with famed Sex and the City costume designer Patricia Field. Although Field does not work on And Just Like That, she agreed to dress Cattrall for her big arrival back into the Sex and the City universe. The behind-the-scenes drama on this set is a true reality show!
During the first season of AJLT, Samantha was said to have moved to London after having a falling out with Carrie. Despite hiring several new non-white characters to try and fill Cattrall’s stilettos, Samantha continued being a presence via text messages with Carrie.
Off set, the two actresses’ real-life drama has been legendary.
In the past, Cattrall has spoken about not wanting to reprise the role of Samantha Jones and revealed having a “toxic relationship” with Parker.
“This is really where I take to task the people from ‘Sex and the City,’ and specifically Sarah Jessica Parker,” she told Piers Morgan in 2017. “I think she could’ve been nicer. I really think she could’ve been nicer. I don’t know what her issue is.”
The last straw for Cattrall was when Parker allegedly reached out to her following the death of Cattrall’s brother.
“Your continuous reaching out is a painful reminder of how cruel you really were then and now. Let me make this VERY clear. (If I haven’t already) You are not my family. You are not my friend,” Cattrall wrote on Instagram in 2018. “So I’m writing to tell you one last time to stop exploiting our tragedy in order to restore your ‘nice girl’ persona.”
So it was no surprise when Cattrall was not part of the SATC spinoff series.
While Parker and King both previously said they couldn’t ever see Cattrall ever appearing on the show, the chairman and CEO of HBO, Casey Bloys, saw things differently and approached her about making a return for season 2. Whatever he said – or paid – worked to get Cattrall back in her Samantha Jones drag. Hallelujah!
Unfortunately, Cattrall’s highly-anticipated return looks to be one and done as her “appearance as Samantha will not be a continuation of the character for now,” noted Variety.
Regardless, Gay Twitter exploded with queer joy as the news of Cattrall’s return came on the eve of the start of Pride Month:
Good evening to Kim Cattrall and Kim Cattrall only!
— Lemon Water & Wasabi (@yosoymichael) May 31, 2023
Kim Cattrall kicking off pride month by throwing the first dildo at stonewall! We won pic.twitter.com/ow3v6udBo9
Liza Minnelli has outlived the feud. Kim Cattrall will appear in an upcoming episode of And Just Like That. Cattrall had a famous falling out with Sarah Jessica Parker, the show's star, years ago.
— LizaMinnelliOutlives (@LiZaOutlives) May 31, 2023
We need an entire season of FEUD just about the negotiations it took to get Kim Cattrall to appear on the 2nd season of AJLT
While the second season of And Just Like That doesn’t premiere until June 22, the finale episode featuring our gal Kim isn’t expected to air until August. Sigh!
Fans can get their Cattrall fix a little sooner as her new Netflix series Glamorouspremieres June 22.
In the meantime, catch a Samantha Jones-free trailer of the second season of And Just Like That below:
“The series is basically the third movie. That’s how creative it was.”
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Variety first broke the news, last year Cattrall was at a Variety “Power of Women” event where she relished in saying “No” to a SATC movie 3 times in a speech. She has a show on Netflix coming out the same day season two of AJLT premieres which hasn’t gotten much promotion. My guess is that she or her team leaked this to Variety to promote her series and spoil the surprise cameo for AJLT. If you think that’s too petty and bitter- she declined a simple condolence when SJP publicly offered it after Cattrall’s brother died.
The hate runs deep, deep, deep with her. And she needs to let it go if she wants to be a well-adjusted person.
I honestly can’t stand when any two people involve others in their disputes. I’m a huge Samatha fan. She’s a powerful character. But, I definitely think Cattrall is petty. She had to ‘b*tch slap” SJP publicly. The slip that Cattrall did with AJLT was low. But, sadly, I guess this is what Cattrall needs to do to stay in the public eye.
Oh please. AJLT is a bomb of epic proportions; SJP is an epic b*tchc*nt according to ALL accounts, including the gay actor who used her as his beard LOL!
SJP is one of the ugliest–inside AND OUT!–no-talents ever to sleep her way to fame. Period.
@Philly Proud You don’t know anything about SJP, that’s clear.
Even an uninformed moron like you should be able to see that every other actress on the original Sex and the City was vastly superior to SJP in every way–EVEN Kristin Davis! LOL!
This has been trending on social media all day. Prior to that, And Just Like Crap had ZERO buzz. Max was desperate so they gave Kim a huge amount of cash (and being rumored of other projects) for this one cameo. Since Samantha will be part of a cliffhanger, as it’s being reported, so she may be part of season 3 but as a separate storyline. She is single-handedly saving this trainwreck of a show. All hail Queen Kim
Interesting development. While Cattrall is a treasure in this role, I think Samantha could have been successfully recast with Sharon Stone. Stone is the closest in temperament, talent and looks to Cattrall, and might have done a great job as Samantha (after a little nip/tuck in London). In any case, it would be nice to have Kim continue on AJLT by showing Samantha’s exploits in London independent of the NYC women. We can have Samantha and Kim can act on her own (hopefully with the substantial salary she deserves).
Although I initially thought that Sharon Stone could be a replacement for the Samantha role, the problem is this new iteration of SATC was just a disappointment in season 1 for many diehard fans that season 2 had absolutely zero buzz and was going to flop, and even though Ms Stone is quite talented, she would not able to save this proverbial sinking ship. Kim’s participation, however brief, has brought so much needed attention to this dying franchise.
Sex in the City was great and then the 3? Movies well that was enough. Spin off one of the characters, Samantha being the obvious choice but Kim doesn’t need and I’m hoping she doesn’t go back to the reboot because I’m LOVING Gorgeous. I really wouldn’t miss any of the other actors if I were to never see them again but Kim Cattrall has a very wide range and can play a hundred different characters while the other three, well SJP needed AJLT or she wouldn’t be doing anything else of note, like the other two, I think I saw Nixon on SVU or something like it which was good because she really isn’t a comedic actor imo but she always plays a great lawyer lol.
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johncp56
I,m a Kim Cattrall fan, I miss the bad sitcom a few years back was funny maga church’s wife
Pistolo
Variety first broke the news, last year Cattrall was at a Variety “Power of Women” event where she relished in saying “No” to a SATC movie 3 times in a speech. She has a show on Netflix coming out the same day season two of AJLT premieres which hasn’t gotten much promotion. My guess is that she or her team leaked this to Variety to promote her series and spoil the surprise cameo for AJLT. If you think that’s too petty and bitter- she declined a simple condolence when SJP publicly offered it after Cattrall’s brother died.
The hate runs deep, deep, deep with her. And she needs to let it go if she wants to be a well-adjusted person.
PhillyProud
I honestly can’t stand when any two people involve others in their disputes. I’m a huge Samatha fan. She’s a powerful character. But, I definitely think Cattrall is petty. She had to ‘b*tch slap” SJP publicly. The slip that Cattrall did with AJLT was low. But, sadly, I guess this is what Cattrall needs to do to stay in the public eye.
jsmu
Oh please. AJLT is a bomb of epic proportions; SJP is an epic b*tchc*nt according to ALL accounts, including the gay actor who used her as his beard LOL!
SJP is one of the ugliest–inside AND OUT!–no-talents ever to sleep her way to fame. Period.
jsmu
@Philly Proud You don’t know anything about SJP, that’s clear.
Even an uninformed moron like you should be able to see that every other actress on the original Sex and the City was vastly superior to SJP in every way–EVEN Kristin Davis! LOL!
cuteguy
This has been trending on social media all day. Prior to that, And Just Like Crap had ZERO buzz. Max was desperate so they gave Kim a huge amount of cash (and being rumored of other projects) for this one cameo. Since Samantha will be part of a cliffhanger, as it’s being reported, so she may be part of season 3 but as a separate storyline. She is single-handedly saving this trainwreck of a show. All hail Queen Kim
Pietro D
YAWN !!!!!!!!!!
abfab
SJP won my heart when she filled in for Andrea MacArdle at the Alvin Theatre.
Joshooeerr
She’s filmed one scene that will be a one side of a telephone conversation. So BFD. It’s not worth all the media excitement.
ShaunNJ
Interesting development. While Cattrall is a treasure in this role, I think Samantha could have been successfully recast with Sharon Stone. Stone is the closest in temperament, talent and looks to Cattrall, and might have done a great job as Samantha (after a little nip/tuck in London). In any case, it would be nice to have Kim continue on AJLT by showing Samantha’s exploits in London independent of the NYC women. We can have Samantha and Kim can act on her own (hopefully with the substantial salary she deserves).
cuteguy
Although I initially thought that Sharon Stone could be a replacement for the Samantha role, the problem is this new iteration of SATC was just a disappointment in season 1 for many diehard fans that season 2 had absolutely zero buzz and was going to flop, and even though Ms Stone is quite talented, she would not able to save this proverbial sinking ship. Kim’s participation, however brief, has brought so much needed attention to this dying franchise.
Beanie16
Sex in the City was great and then the 3? Movies well that was enough. Spin off one of the characters, Samantha being the obvious choice but Kim doesn’t need and I’m hoping she doesn’t go back to the reboot because I’m LOVING Gorgeous. I really wouldn’t miss any of the other actors if I were to never see them again but Kim Cattrall has a very wide range and can play a hundred different characters while the other three, well SJP needed AJLT or she wouldn’t be doing anything else of note, like the other two, I think I saw Nixon on SVU or something like it which was good because she really isn’t a comedic actor imo but she always plays a great lawyer lol.