'Sex and the City' author reveals her thoughts on 'And Just Like That...'
Candace Bushnell shared how she really feels about "And Just Like That..." in a new interview.
The author, who wrote the column that inspired the original series, "Sex and the City," told The New Yorker she was "really startled by a lot of the decisions made in the reboot."
"You know, it's a television product, done with ['And Just Like That...' creator] Michael Patrick King and Sarah Jessica Parker, who have both worked with HBO a lot in the past," Bushnell said. "HBO decided to put this franchise back into their hands for a variety of reasons, and this is what they came up with."
She added: "I mean, Carrie Bradshaw ended up being a quirky woman who married a really rich guy. And that's not my story, or any of my friends' stories. But TV has its own logic."
"And Just Like That..." recently finished its first season on HBO Max and has yet to be renewed for a second.
The reimagined series brought back Parker as Carrie, as well as Cynthia Nixon as Miranda and Kristin Davis as Charlotte. Noticeably missing was Kim Cattrall's Samantha. While her character has been kept alive via conversations about her and text messages, it's not likely she'll appear in the flesh.
Aside from Cattrall making it clear she has no interest in returning to the franchise after turning down a third "Sex and the City" movie, Parker recently told Variety she wouldn't be okay with her return.
Parker said, "I don't think I would, because I think there's just too much public history of feelings on her part that she's shared."
