Kim Cattrall, known for her role as bombshell Samantha Jones in Sex and the City, almost turned down the role—four times, in fact. Cattrall, who was 41 when the first season started filming, didn’t think audiences would find a woman her age sexy enough to play the famous blonde vixen. She said no several times due to her own insecurities and “self-inflicted ageism.” But she eventually caved, and her career took off because of it. “Well, that changed—40 became sexy. It became, ‘Man, let’s have more of that,’” she said in a recent interview with The Times of London. Cattrall, now 68, starred alongside Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis in the cult classic TV show that awed viewers with the scandalous world of New York’s dating scene. Cattrall played Samatha from 1998 to 2004, and returned in 2008 and 2010 for spinoff films. Although Cattrall said she’s the antithesis of Samantha because she’s a “serial monogamist,” she applauded the character’s boldness: “Everyone else was nibbling on the appetizers when she was going for the steak. And it was always on her terms—that I always insisted on.” Cattrall isn’t in the recent reprise And Just Like That, due to a well-publicized fight with Parker but she made a brief cameo in season two. “I created a fantastic character that I loved, and I put a lot of love in it,” she said. “If I’m remembered only for that, then that’s really OK.”
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