Cattrall: New York is our fifth girl
Kim Cattrall – who portrays man-eating businesswoman Samantha Jones in 'Sex and the City' – is still shocked by the popularity of the franchise and finds it odd when she see pictures of herself plastered near her home in New York City.
She said: “It’s very difficult because I’m so inside of it, I struggle to have any objectivity. But when I arrived home – I’ve been in London doing a play for five months – there were posters everywhere I looked!”
The 53-year-old actress believes ‘Sex and the City’ has been such a success because the four main characters – who are portrayed by Kim, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon – are relatable to everyone.
She said: “I think what these characters represent, the four of them together, is one complete woman, and everyone is relatable. You understand how they work and how they think, but you don’t know completely what’s going to happen to them next.”
Cattrall has also praised New York – the city where the characters, Samantha, Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbes and Charlotte York-Goldenblatt, mainly live – describing the Big Apple as the fifth girl.
She told Sky Showbiz: “I want New York to know that we’re here to stay. This is our city. With ‘Sex and the City’, I always thought the fifth girl was New York. So we can’t exist without New York.
“These girls came here from different parts of America, but they are distinct New Yorkers.”
