Cynthia Nixon Reveals What She ‘Hated’ About ‘Intercourse and the Metropolis’

Sex and the City will without end be a cultural phenomenon, however that does not imply there aren’t a number of issues Cynthia Nixon would not change about it.

In a dialog with Grazia revealed on Monday, Might 26, the actress, 59, who performed Miranda Hobbes on the beloved sequence, opened up about what she would change about Intercourse and the Metropolis.

She advised the outlet that whereas she felt that 90% of the present, which ran for six seasons from 1998 to 2004, was “nonetheless fairly nice,” she felt like “sure issues have actually not aged nicely.”

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“It was all the time very tough being on a present that was so white. I all the time hated that. Once we would elevate it, we have been advised that is Candace Bushnell’s [the writer of the newspaper column and 1996 book on which the show is based] world and it is a very white world. ‘I’m like, OK…,’ ” she mentioned.

Nixon, who’s married to spouse Christine Marinoni, additionally mentioned that “among the trans stuff, among the homosexual stuff was a bit of cringy to have a look at.”

The present, nonetheless, will all the time really feel “revolutionary” for Nixon no matter its misses, as she advised Grazia that it’s “a feminist present – it’s all the time been a feminist present.”

“What you need to keep in mind is that we have been in our thirties and forties. In fact, I have a look at the present now, we seem like infants, however being single at that age, at the moment, nonetheless had a type of stigma,” mentioned Davis.

“Its central message was extraordinary: ‘You could be a lady, you’ll be able to have lots of intercourse with lots of totally different folks. It didn’t make you a slut and it didn’t imply you have been utilizing intercourse to get one thing. You have been having intercourse – since you loved having intercourse!’ ” she mentioned.

The franchise, which additionally consists of theatrical films launched in 2008 and 2010, would discover a new life when its spinoff, And Just Like That…, premiered in December 2021. Following a profitable season 2, the present was greenlit for a third season, which premieres Might 29.

Nixon stars within the third season alongside Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis. Various new faces are set to appear in the new season, together with Rosie O’Donnell and Patti LuPone.

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And Simply Like That… season 3 premieres Might 29 on Max at 9 p.m. EST.