It's hard to believe we're almost half way through And Just Like That – the much-awaited Sex And The City reboot – already, with the fifth episode due to air tomorrow. But, as it turns out, the series almost didn't make it to air at all, as Cynthia Nixon, who plays Miranda Hobbs, recently revealed.
"I really didn't think I was going to do it; I was very reluctant," Nixon told the Herald Sun just yesterday (28 December), adding that her decision to sign up was "very hard."
As for why she was hesitant to reprise her role, Nixon pointed out she had concerns over the lack of diversity in the initial Sex And The City series (which she referred to as "occasionally tone deaf on race and gender") but welcomed the team's efforts to tackle this.
"The more I talked to Sarah Jessica [Parker], [writer-creator] Michael Patrick King and Kristin [Davis], about the things that I couldn't go back without — a real sea change in terms of the lack of diversity in the original series — they were on board," she added.
"I was floored by how hard everybody listened and how collaboratively we worked together to not just redecorate the house but to build a whole new house, one that had us in it but new characters, too."
In keeping with creating a show that accurately reflects modern times, Nixon wanted the reboot to show how the character's real lives had changed with age as well. "The characters are 55 so they're in menopause. And menopause is the punchline to a lot of jokes and certainly has its unpleasant aspects," she explained.
"But, it's a time when women have spent decades looking after other people and can again focus on themselves: 'Who am I? Who do I want to be?'"
And Just Like That continues on Thursday at 9pm on Now.
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