Sarah Jessica Parker on 'Divorce' and How It Inspired Her Return to TV
— -- It’s a glorious time for Sarah Jessica Parker fans. The “Sex in the City” star has finally made her return to television. She’s back with HBO in the new dark comedy series “Divorce.” Even though she’s starring in the series, that wasn’t the original plan.
“When I started developing this show four years ago, it wasn’t for me,” said Parker. “It was simply a project that I was interested in, in general. I was very curious about the landscape of marriage and complex adult relationships. And didn’t even think it was something that I would be assuming in front of a camera.”
Parker stopped by the ABC News studios to appear on “Popcorn with Peter Travers.” She talked about why she started to develop the project.
“What’s interesting to me is we all know people who have contemplated divorce, or affairs, pursued them, survived them, didn’t,” Parker, 51, told Peter Travers. “Marriages were destroyed. Marriages weren’t destroyed. There was catastrophic damage, or, children found that their parents surfaced triumphant and better. All those are possibilities and that’s what’s interesting about these relationships -- whether they’re in the traditional sense committed by marriage or just long-term commitments -- means there’s something substantive that is going to be very painful to undo.”
Parker stars as Frances, a woman who finds herself in an unhappy marriage and hoping to make a quick break of it. But things don’t quite go as planned. Her husband Robert is played by Thomas Haden Church.
“He was my first choice for this and he had far exceeded what I’d hoped,” Parker said. “I feel so lucky. I’ve had a string of fantastic leading men. And he really just joins a fraternity.”
Be sure to watch the full interview to see Parker's special rendition of "Maybe" from the Broadway musical "Annie."
