Samantha Jones is joining the chorus of voices saying that a 3rd installment in the ‘Sex and the City’ franchise looks unlikely, following poor critical reception of the second film.
“I don’t know if it will happen. I really, really have no idea,” Cattrall said. “I love playing Samantha Jones. I would love playing Samantha Jones again, but I don’t know if I will.”
Last week Mr. Big himself, Chris Noth, similarly said that the future is not looking good for another ‘Sex’ flick.
Cattrall did explain her original reluctance to turn the hit HBO show into a film franchise for which she has continually been branded the “difficult” member of the cast when it comes to getting the movies made.
“Originally I was asked to do the movie with no script no start date and a very paltry sum. I thought the three of us should fight for a piece of what we created and that was my reluctance,” Cattrall said. “The four of us were not set for life. We were on cable TV and we were not making nearly what our counterparts in television were making. I thought we were working damn hard and it was the time to negotiate that.”
She credits ‘Sex and the City’ with directors and Hollywood finally taking her seriously.
Now that Cattrall has overcome the girl next door thing (and become the cougar next door?), she does have to battle the stigma of Samantha Jones, something she is finding easier to do outside of America.
“In England they aren’t interested in casting me as Samantha. Across the pond they see me as an actress who plays many roles, so I am interested in continuing to work in television and I have a project with the BBC which I am producing,” Cattrall said
