Sarah Jessica Parkerwanted to keep Samantha’s return a secret for the fans, but things didn’t play out the way she had hoped.During an appearance on Sirius XM’sRadio Andy, the 58-year-oldSex and the Cityalum revealed that she had been frustrated that details ofKim Cattrall’s cameo on the series’ revival,And Just Like That…,had been leaked.Parker confessed she “could not have been more upset” that the surprise reveal had been outed. The actress also called it a “big bummer” as there would have been “fireworks” when loyalSex and the Cityfans spotted Cattrall, 66, on screen.Sarah Jessica Parker (left) and Kim Cattrall.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty“Also, because we want to make sure that expectations are real,” she continued. “It’s a little exchange that is happy. It says everything about their relationship and other stuff that’s off-camera.”Noting that their respective characters Carrie Bradshaw and Samantha Jones “talk all the time,” Parker saidCattrall’s appearance“comes at a significant moment in the series.”Sarah Jessica Parker (left) and Kim Cattrall.Craig Blankenhorn/©Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett CollectionEarlier this month, Cattrall made headlines when she confirmed she would be reprising her iconic role in HBO’sAnd Just Like That.While appearing onThe Viewthis week, the actress sharedwhat ledto her highly anticipated cameo.“It’s very interesting to get a call from the head of HBO saying, ‘What can we do?’ and I went, ‘Hmm, Let me get creative,' ” she recalled. “And one of those things was to get Pat Field back because I just thought that if I’m going to come back, I gotta come back with that Samantha style. I gotta push it. And we did.”From left: Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall on ‘Sex and the City’.Paramount Pictures/GettyPerVariety, Cattrall filmed her appearance in New York City on March 22 “without seeing or speaking with the stars of the series,” including Parker,Cynthia NixonandKristin Davisas well as series creator Michael Patrick King.The re-introduction of Samantha comes25 yearsafter the show’s premiere on HBO — and after somepublic tensionbetween Parker and Cattrall, who has previously voiced her disinterest in being part of futureSATCstories.In a May 2022 interview withVariety, Cattrall said she never “deserted” her character, adding, “Can you imagine going back to a job you did 25 years ago? And the job didn’t get easier; it got more complicated in the sense of how are you going to progress with these characters?”She continued, “Everything has to grow, or it dies. I felt that when the series ended, I thought that’s smart. We’re not repeating ourselves. And then the movie to end all the loose ends. And then there’s another movie. And then there’s another movie?”Cattrall went on to say that after the second movie, “Everything in me went, ‘I’m done.'”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Sex and the CityandAnd Just Like That…can be streamed on Max.
Sarah Jessica Parkerwanted to keep Samantha’s return a secret for the fans, but things didn’t play out the way she had hoped.
During an appearance on Sirius XM’sRadio Andy, the 58-year-oldSex and the Cityalum revealed that she had been frustrated that details ofKim Cattrall’s cameo on the series’ revival,And Just Like That…,had been leaked.
Parker confessed she “could not have been more upset” that the surprise reveal had been outed. The actress also called it a “big bummer” as there would have been “fireworks” when loyalSex and the Cityfans spotted Cattrall, 66, on screen.
Sarah Jessica Parker (left) and Kim Cattrall.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty
“Also, because we want to make sure that expectations are real,” she continued. “It’s a little exchange that is happy. It says everything about their relationship and other stuff that’s off-camera.”
Noting that their respective characters Carrie Bradshaw and Samantha Jones “talk all the time,” Parker saidCattrall’s appearance“comes at a significant moment in the series.”
Sarah Jessica Parker (left) and Kim Cattrall.Craig Blankenhorn/©Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collection
Earlier this month, Cattrall made headlines when she confirmed she would be reprising her iconic role in HBO’sAnd Just Like That.
While appearing onThe Viewthis week, the actress sharedwhat ledto her highly anticipated cameo.
“It’s very interesting to get a call from the head of HBO saying, ‘What can we do?’ and I went, ‘Hmm, Let me get creative,’ ” she recalled. “And one of those things was to get Pat Field back because I just thought that if I’m going to come back, I gotta come back with that Samantha style. I gotta push it. And we did.”
From left: Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall on ‘Sex and the City’.Paramount Pictures/Getty
Paramount Pictures/Getty
PerVariety, Cattrall filmed her appearance in New York City on March 22 “without seeing or speaking with the stars of the series,” including Parker,Cynthia NixonandKristin Davisas well as series creator Michael Patrick King.
The re-introduction of Samantha comes25 yearsafter the show’s premiere on HBO — and after somepublic tensionbetween Parker and Cattrall, who has previously voiced her disinterest in being part of futureSATCstories.
In a May 2022 interview withVariety, Cattrall said she never “deserted” her character, adding, “Can you imagine going back to a job you did 25 years ago? And the job didn’t get easier; it got more complicated in the sense of how are you going to progress with these characters?”
She continued, “Everything has to grow, or it dies. I felt that when the series ended, I thought that’s smart. We’re not repeating ourselves. And then the movie to end all the loose ends. And then there’s another movie. And then there’s another movie?”
Cattrall went on to say that after the second movie, “Everything in me went, ‘I’m done.'”
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Sex and the CityandAnd Just Like That…can be streamed on Max.
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