By Douglas MacLaurin
1 hour, 27 minutes ago
The film takes up four years on from where the hit series
left the sassy singletons, who were so blatantly honest in
their desire to have "sex like men" but also lusted as much for
a new pair of Manolo Blahnik heels as they did for the perfect
beau.
Sarah Jessica Parker, who plays Carrie and is also a
producer of the film, said she had been working on the project
for two and a half years. But getting everyone together again
was not easy.
There were reports that when talks about a film began, Kim
Cattrall had demanded more money and creative control.
"It was a really hard time," said Cattrall, who at the time
was in the midst of a divorce. Her father had also just been
diagnosed with dementia.
"I needed to spend time with my real family and I'm really
glad that I did because in the four years, you know, coming
back, I think the film is where it should be," Cattrall told
Reuters in New York before the film's London launch.
"I think that the money is on the screen, I think it's
bigger and better. I know that I am in a much better place so I
can get back into what that was like and what that portrays
about women," she said.
Kristin Thomas said she was tired of hearing endless gossip
that the quartet of stars did not get along on the film set.
"It's a sexist thing really," she told Reuters, complaining
that magazines "don't talk about how the Sopranos all fought or
whatever."
"We've got a woman running for president, we need to get
with the times. Not all women are bitchy to each other," she
added.
The film, being given the full red carpet glitzy treatment
in London, takes off from the where the TV series ended.
Carrie is still working out of her Upper East Side
apartment, but now she a contributing editor to Vogue and is
working on her fourth book.
Charlotte is living out her dream on Park Avenue and
Samantha has followed her actor boyfriend to Los Angeles.
Miranda is still in Brooklyn, missing Manhattan, and is
grappling with the struggles of motherhood.
Chris Noth is back as Carrie's love interest Mr. Big, and
actress Candice Bergen also returns as Carrie's editor Enid
Frick at Vogue.
There is a new addition to the cast too, Louise, Carrie's
assistant, played by Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson.
Cynthia Nixon who plays Miranda, says making the film "was
bigger in every way. We're a little older now and the issues
we're dealing with are less silly and squabbly and more
profound I would say."
(Writing by Paul Majendie)
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