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Sarah Jessica Parkerhinted at a significant reason forKim Cattrallto reprise her role asSex and the City’s Samantha Jones onAnd Just Like That…— the PR maven’s renewed presence in Carrie Bradshaw’s life is bound to have an impact.
After Cattrall, 66,confirmedearlier this month that she wouldstep back into Samantha’s stilettosfor a scene in theSATCrevival, which premieres itssecond seasonon Thursday, Parker teased that a finalephone call between Samantha and Carriewill hold weight for the series moving forward.
The Emmy winner, 58, called Samatha’s return a “very opportune moment in a very specific story, in a sort of consequential event in Carrie’s life.”
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Samantha hasn’t been entirely lost onAnd Just Like That…. In season 1, Parker and Cattrall’s charactersexchanged textsin several episodes. However, this has been the only time that Cattrall has actually physically revisited Samantha so far onAJLT.
The re-introduction of Samantha comes25 yearsafter the show’s premiere on HBO — and after somepublic tensionbetween Parker and Cattrall, who has previously voiced her disinterest in being part of futureSATCstories.
“The series is basically the third movie. That’s how creative it was,” she toldVarietylast year. “I was never asked to be part of the reboot. I made my feelings clear after the possible third movie, so I found out about it like everyone else did — on social media.”
Still, Emmy-winning directorMichael Patrick Kingthinks this moment is bigger than any of the players involved.
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And Just Like That…season 2 premieres Thursday on Max.
source: people.com
