Kim Cattrall has reacted to her absence in the Sex and the City reboot ‘And Just Like That…’
The actress played Samantha Jones in the six seasons of the original series and the two SATC movies, but decided not to reprise her role for the reboot – which premiered on Thursday.
In episode one, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) and Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) addressed the noticeable absence of the fourth member of their group – revealing she moved to London after “firing” Carrie as a friend because she couldn’t keep her on as her publicist.
Kim, 65, has been liking tweets on Twitter about her absence from the SATC reboot, including one that read: “Kim Cattrall didn’t return to SATC because her scatting career is finally taking off.”
She also liked a tweet that read: “And just like that… I find myself only wanting to watch anything @KimCattrall is in. This is a Kim appreciation tweet.”
The third tweet she liked said: “And just like that…I want to rewatch the 2014 HBO Canada prestige Toronto-set dramedy Sensitive Skin starring Kim Cattrall.”
Speaking about how they addressed Samantha’s absence in the reboot, showrunner Michael Patrick King told Vanity Fair: “Our show has always been about breakups. The obstacle was that Kim moved on. She doesn’t wanna play Samantha. So what do we do about Samantha?”
“No one wanted to kill her. We love Samantha. Samantha’s alive and vibrant somewhere. So how do we do this, and not have it be unbelievable in terms of like, ‘Oh, she’s just where somewhere in the city. We never see her again’?”
“I bump into people I don’t want to see in the city the all the time. That’s not realistic.”
When asked if he’s heard from Kim since the series premiere, Michael replied: “No.”
