I am not gonna say anything about Samantha in the future.' AndJustLikeThat
, showrunner Michael Patrick King is a bit disappointed by one element of the cameo.
"I am a little bit upset that you even know about it because I really wanted you to be sitting there watching the show, see Carrie look at her phone and all of a sudden seeing Samantha," King tells ET's Cassie DiLaura during a press day for the second season of the Max series."But there's a secret. You don't know why she's there and what's going to happen.
After Cattrall's very public comments against the show and specifically Parker, she had previously claimed to be done playing Samantha for good. In season 1 ofher absence was explained by a falling out between Samantha and Carrie Bradshaw over a business disagreement. But after the death of her husband, Mr. Big , Carrie and Samantha texted back and forth several times, including a scene in the season 1 finale where they agreed to meet up for drinks while Carrie was in Paris, France.
"Even to the point where Kim was finished playing her for a while I wanted to keep Samantha alive because she's a big part of thebrand," he explains."So here it is the 25th anniversary, and I guess magic happened. Some showbiz emotional fan magic happened where all of a sudden Kim is like, 'All right, let's show up for this special treat.' And it was fun. I mean, it was always fun to write Samantha, and it was great to have the chance to take her from text to face.
"I thought it was interesting to bring somebody from her past who the audience feels was right for her. Correction. Half the audience feels was right for her. Half the audience feels it was Mr. Big. So you're already starting with a dialogue with the fans and the audience," King shares."John and Sarah Jessica has the most amazing chemistry, so that was a no-brainer, but I did start season 2, the beginning of season 2 thought-wise with one word -- Aidan.
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