Much to the dismay of “Sex and the City” fans, Kim Cattrall is not appearing on the revival — and was never even on the radar for it.
The show’s original showrunner Michael Patrick King — who’s also executive producing the “And Just Like That …” spinoff — said the new series was only supposed to revolve around three main characters: Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbes and Charlotte York.
Cattrall portrayed the sexually liberated publicist Samantha Jones on the entire premium cable run of “Sex and the City” and its subsequent two movies. The 65-year-old British actress has famously sworn off reprising her character.
“It never was on the radar as four because Kim Cattrall, for whatever reason, didn’t want to play Samantha anymore while we were doing the (third) movie,” King recently revealed.