Followers of the Intercourse and the Metropolis universe couldn’t assist however marvel why Sarah Jessica Parker hasn’t watched the brand new spinoff — however she says it’s for good purpose.
Parker, 60, was grilled about her current revelation throughout her Sunday, July 13, look on Watch What Occurs Dwell With Andy Cohen. “I’m wondering if that retains you within the zone of being Carrie [Bradshaw]?” Andy Cohen — a longtime pal of Parker’s — requested.
The actress type of agreed, however went on to clarify her thought course of additional. “I don’t not watch it as a result of I’m being cavalier about my relationship [to the project],” she mentioned. “I don’t watch it as a result of I don’t love watching my work [and] myself. It doesn’t contact on how I really feel in regards to the expertise or how a lot I care. The truth is, it’s as a result of I care that I can’t watch it.”
In Could, Parker confessed to E! Information that she’s “by no means seen” most of SATC and hasn’t dived into the followup collection, And Simply Like That, regardless of taking part in its central character. One month later, she shared extra perception into her hesitation throughout an interview on the “Name Her Daddy” podcast.
Parker advised host Alex Cooper that she watched a few of SATC “at first” when producer and director Michael Patrick King would ask her for notes.
“I noticed that I wasn’t being useful as a result of it was so disagreeable for me to observe myself that I couldn’t see the work, and that’s not a superb producing associate,” she mentioned, admitting that she “wasn’t watching in any respect” by season 2.
Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarita Choudhury and Nicole Ari Parker Hugo MATHY / AFP
The exception? “I noticed the ultimate episode ever as a result of Michael had a screening of it dwell, because it was taking place dwell,” she mentioned of the SATC finale, which aired in 2004. Based on Parker, it was the “solely time” she was capable of totally comprehend how well-liked the present was.
The unique SATC collection ran for six seasons and spawned two films. AJLT premiered on Max in 2021 with Parker returning as Carrie, Cynthia Nixon as Miranda and Kristin Davis as Charlotte.
Parker was “actually nervous” to step again into Carrie’s designer sneakers. “Doesn’t matter what number of occasions I’ve performed an element. You simply begin always like, ‘Is that this how I stroll? Is that this how I speak? Is that this how she walks? Is that this how she talks? Does she run this fashion? What feels proper and proper now?’” she mentioned on the podcast. “That’s simply the best way I study every part anyway.”
The third season of AJLT debuted in Could and focuses on Carrie’s long-distance romance with Aidan (John Corbett) following the demise of Mr. Large (Chris Noth) in season 1.
When requested on WWHL whether or not she thought Carrie and Aidan are “finish recreation,” Parker performed coy. “Like, bitter enders? Collectively ceaselessly?” she mused on Sunday earlier than pretending to talk right into a microphone. “My lawyer has suggested me to not reply that query.”
Parker revealed simply as little about the place Carrie is likely to be dwelling by the top of the season after Cohen puzzled why her new residence in Gramercy Park remains to be unfurnished. “My concept is she likes the outdated place higher,” Cohen mentioned, incomes a shrug from Parker.
“Oh, my God, is she transferring again into the outdated place?” Cohen requested as Parker teased, “I dunno. Possibly.”
And Simply Like That airs on Max Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.
