Cynthia Nixon Addresses 'And Just Like That' Criticism and Miranda's 'Off Kilter' Storyline

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Cynthia Nixon knows that not all fans are enjoying Miranda Hobbes' journey on the HBO Max reboot,. But the 55-year-old actress and producer on the series is loving her character's awakening. «It’s interesting that people, I don’t know, I think some people are not loving seeing these characters off kilter, but I love it,» Nixon shared on Wednesday's .

She added that she feels that characterizing Miranda's sexual awakening as a «mid-life crisis» does the character a disservice. «You reach a moment, when you put a negative spin on it you call it a mid-life crisis, right?

But out of crisis come really productive things,» she explained. «You are not young anymore but you are not old either. And you still have time to make sure that your life is the way you want it to be.

If you are deeply unhappy in your career choices, if you are really unhappy in your marriage, you should look at it and demand more, right?»Nixon added that she recommended Sara Ramirez for the role of comedian Che Diaz, Miranda's new romantic partner. «I suggested them because I’ve been aware of them for so long and such a fan,» Nixon said of Ramirez, who is non-binary like her character. «Mike Nichols, I worked with Mike Nichols a bunch of times especially when I was young and he cast Sara in , for which they won a Tony.