Actress Kim Cattrall, who gained immense fame for her role as Samantha Jones on the HBO series S*x And the City, recently revealed the negativity she faced when she announced her parting from the iconic role. The actress also featured in the two follow-up films as Samantha.
Recently reports of HBO Max considering a new limited series version of S*x And The City made the headline. But his time, it wonât feature Kim as Samantha. The series will star the franchiseâs other leading ladies – Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie), Kristin Davis (Charlotte) and Cynthia Nixon (Miranda).
In a recent interview with Womenâs Prize For Fiction Podcast, Kim Cattrall revealed that she was eager to move out of the S*x And The City franchise. She said she wanted to âtell stories that [she] hadnât heard before.â
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Recollecting the time she decided to quit S*x And The City, Kim Cattrall said, âI remember getting a lot of grief on social media for not wanting to do a film. And that was astonishing.â Revealing some of the messaged she received, she continued, âSome of the things that people wrote to me, like, you know, âI work in a bank, and I donât like this person, and I donât like the hours, I donât like this, and I do it. So you just do it!ââ
Adding further, âOh, my God, so much misery, you know. âGive me what I want. I do it. Iâm miserable!ââ
Kim Cattrall continued, âI am lucky enough to have a choice… And itâs, itâs something that I feel very lucky to have. And Iâm very protective of it. But I wouldnât be any good doing something that I really didnât want to do.â
She concluded, âAnd I have a great appetite for telling stories that I havenât heard before. And because it helps me in some ways, it just helps me work things out.â
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