Cynthia Nixon: ‘SATC’ cast was ‘walking on eggshells’ around Kim Cattrall

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Cosmo on her reemergence in the series.Nixon, 57, got candid with Vanity Fair recently about how the “Sex and the City” spinoff has changed without Cattrall, 66, who played the sexed-up publicist of a certain age, Samantha Jones.The Post exclusively reported on May 31 that the “Ice Princess” star would be returning in a brief cameo in season two of the Max series — set to premiere later this summer.Nixon explained that Cattrall’s shocking return is “not something that we speak about.” The “Gilded Age” actress then seemingly hinted about Cattrall that the “SATC” cast — including herself and stars Sarah Jessica Parker as well as Kristin Davis — had to “[walk] around on eggshells with someone who’s unhappy.”“We all love each other, we love our show, we wanted to do more of it.

And we all wanted to be there. So that makes an enormous difference,” Nixon added of the spinoff’s cast.She then noted how the “AJLT” has an array of characters who are dissimilar from the parent series.“It felt very different also because we have these new amazing characters, and we’re older and our fictional children are now largely grown,” she said. “Many things felt different,” Nixon went on. “But the main thing that felt so great was that everybody who was there really wanted to be there.

That’s just the bottom line.”She was also inquired if she still talks to Cattrall, however, she refused to answer. “That is all I’m gonna say, I’m afraid.