Kim Cattrall has angrily rebutted claims that plans for a third Sex and the City film were shelved as a result of the actors’ “outrageous demands”.
The Daily Mail reported on Thursday that a third big-screen chapter to the popular TV series had been cancelled by Warner Bros only weeks before production was due to begin, with the studio baulking at Cattrall’s demand that she would only reprise her role as Samantha Jones if it produced a number of other films she had in development.
Cattrall though has denied the claims on Twitter. “Woke 2 a @MailOnline shitstorm. The only ‘DEMAND’ I ever made was that I didn’t want to do a 3rd film....& that was back in 2016,” she wrote.
Woke 2 a @MailOnline 💩storm! The only 'DEMAND' I ever made was that I didn't want to do a 3rd film....& that was back in 2016
— Kim Cattrall (@KimCattrall) September 29, 2017
Cattrall’s denial followed Sarah Jessica Parker’s confirmation of the film’s cancellation. “We had this beautiful, funny, heartbreaking, joyful, very relatable script and story,” she told Extra. “It’s not just disappointing that we don’t get to tell the story and have that experience, but more so for the audience that has been so vocal in wanting another movie.”
Originally an HBO comedy about four Manhattan socialites, Sex and the City enjoyed a successful run on TV between 1998 and 2004. Two big-screen adaptations followed in 2008 and 2010. While neither film was well received by critics, both performed impressively at the box office, prompting calls for another instalment. In 2016, Parker said that another outing remained a possibility, either as a new series or a film, but Cattrall expressed doubts. “Everyone is doing their own thing and if it was going to happen, it would have happened by now. It would be a challenge to do a third instalment,” she told the Daily Record.
