Kim Cattrall Skeptical That 'Sex and the City 3' Will Ever Get Made

By Jo Piazza Posted Jun 13th 2011 10:32AM

Samantha Jones is joining the chorus of voices saying that a third installment in the 'Sex and the City' franchise looks unlikely, following poor critical reception of the second film.

"I don't know if it will happen. I really, really have no idea," Cattrall told PopEater at the second annual Aruba Film Festival red carpet gala for her independent film 'Meet Monica Velour.' "I love playing Samantha Jones. I would love playing Samantha Jones again, but I don't know if I will."

Last week Mr. Big himself, Chris Noth, similarly said that the future is not looking good for another 'Sex' flick.

Cattrall did explain her original reluctance to turn the hit HBO show into a film franchise for which she has continually been branded the "difficult" member of the cast when it comes to getting the movies made.

"Originally I was asked to do the movie with no script no start date and a very paltry sum. I thought the three of us should fight for a piece of what we created and that was my reluctance," Cattrall said during a press conference for the film at the Hyatt Regency Aruba. "The four of us were not set for life. We were on cable TV and we were not making nearly what our counterparts in television were making. I thought we were working damn hard and it was the time to negotiate that."

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Cattrall plays the opposite of the headstrong publicist Samantha Jones as a washed up porn star, aptly named Monica Velour, in her latest flick, which forced her to gain 20 lbs.

"They asked me to gain 30 but I didn't want to make myself sick," Cattrall said. "We made a deal saying I would gain 15 lbs before the film and 5 lbs during. But I did enjoy grabbing my stomach and feeling what that extra weight felt like."

With 'Monica Velour,' Cattrall gains some serious street cred as a screen actress, something she shelved decades ago in order to pay rent and, as she says, support her low-paying "theater habit."

"My early career was supporting my theater habit and there was no way I could pay a loan, nevermind my rent on what I was making in theater. Movies became a way for me to do that and I didn't take it quite seriously," Cattrall said.

That line broke our heart as our fantasy of Cattrall and Andrew McCarthy teaming up for a Mannequin 3 was relegated to the dustbin.

"For basically four or five days work in 'Porky's' I made enough money to live over an eight month period. I needed the money, I was broke and I made that choice for survival. I didn't want to go back and be a waitress again," Cattrall said adding that it changed her entire career path. "I started not to be seen as this girl with a theater background. It made me this objectified sexy girl next door and 'Mannequin' and 'Police Academy' were a natural graduation from 'Porky's' and I didn't take it seriously. I couldn't get in the door to meet the directors that Michelle Pfeiffer was."

She credits 'Sex and the City' with directors and Hollywood finally taking her seriously.

Now that Cattrall has overcome the girl next door thing (and become the cougar next door?), she does have to battle the stigma of Samantha Jones, something she is finding easier to do outside of America.

"In England they aren't interested in casting me as Samantha. Across the pond they see me as an actress who plays many roles, so I am interested in continuing to work in television and I have a project with the BBC which I am producing," Cattrall said.

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Monday 13 June

By misterkody

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They are all starting to look a little long in the tooth.

By bigD

She looks amazing for 50!!! What are you looking at? She looks at least a decade younger than she is and is still the same sexy woman she has always been in my opinion. I am really glad she fought for more money for SATC as she deserved to be paid a bundle for one of the most recognizable tv characters of this era. I'd like to see her do more parts and hope she does!

By dsag

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Tuesday 14 June

By Ben

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one of the main reasons the second SATC sucked was that there was no "C". There was no CITY! And also these women are 50-ish. The bloom was off their respective roses a LONG time ago. They're not fun and cute and sexy anymore. They're tired and sad and 20+ years older than the characters they would be playing.

By mary

Go pay money for a proper ad! You don't belong on this site! You've been reported!!!!

By me

Oh no-say it isn't so. OMG, OMG, OMG if true my summer is now ruined.

By mbrul

at least sara jessica can get a paycheck doing a mr ed remake.

By Lou

..aw, now that's not nice!(snicker)

By HG in MN

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Lou...do you mean "snkcier," or "whinny?"

Seriously, I got a steady feed of SATC in syndication late nights after it was canceled, because it was the only thing on in that time slot. It wasn't horrible, some of it even enjoyable. However, the concept is now dated, as are the characters. Any of those actresses, including Kim, would do well in more mature roles. I think KC in a serious roll would be great.

By Mort Adela

Honestly! I'm sure it will be just as big a hit a SATC II. Hahaha. Puhleeease!

By Bonbon

They should wait a few years, cut all the nonsense and go back to NYC and do a third, but the writing must be impeccable like the first movie, the 2nd movie was just not very memorable.

By Rob

Maybe they should film this one in Africa and call it " Cougars' on the Prowl".

By Cici

If they did a movie without SJP, it would probably be a big hit.

By joan

What amazes me is Kim Cattrells attitude regarding the series that made her. She does of course fit the part of Samantha to a tea as I believe she is like that character in real life. I remember her from her Mannequin days and most of her early films were pretty awful. I loved the SATC series and the first movie. The second was not great but there have been worse. Cattrell should be greatful not skeptical.

By ANG

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PERSONALLY THE ACTRESSES ARE ALL PLAYED OUT , NOT ATTRACTIVE WHATSOEVER MAYBE THE RED HEAD IS CUTE , BUT BIG TEETH AND KIM WHATEVER NOT DOING IT AT ALL ,CALL THE SHOW WITCHES IN NEW YORK

By daspoffman

Give it up already! Sex in the City 2 was terrible.

By Tom

They went way over the top. The show and movies are best when they are set in NYC. Not over in some Mideast country. We just want to see them sitting in a cafe in NYC chatting about what ever is going on in their lives. Not some stupid and horrible story about going to some foreign country.

By Vicky

It was always about the clothes, the shoes and the sites. I have never paid the price of a movie ticket(absolutely not worth it). I have to admit though I did enjoy watching it on a television martini in one hand and a snack in the other. For those 2 1/2 hours it was fun to "get away". Honestly prefered it on HBO.

By BonBon

The biggest disgrace of the whole Sex and the City series/movies was in Kim C. NOT winning an Emmy for her performance as Samantha Jones. She was brilliant and versatile, especially witnessed in the last episodes of the series. Why the Emmy went to Cynthia Nixon for best supporting actress still has me in a perplexed.

Sorry..."snicker," or "whinny."

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