The drama surrounding the third instalment of the Sex and the City movie franchise continues to cause controversy.
Following a highly-publicised feud earlier this year between Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall, it looked as though the final nail had been placed in the coffin of the much-anticipated Sex and the City 3. Despite Cattrall joking that her character, Samantha Jones, should just be played by another actress in the sequel, the rest of the cast were seemingly disappointed that the fourth member of their on-screen gang no longer wanted to be involved.
However, in an interview on Watch What Happens Live this week, a fan phoned in with an innovative idea—that Parker and the rest of the cast could reunite for a live table reading of Michael Patrick King's already-written Sex and the City 3 script.
Understandably, Parker was pretty enamoured with the idea, especially as she has always wanted to make another instalment of the franchise. "Oh my god, what a clever idea!" Parker replied to the fan. "Maybe as a benefit. That’s a really good idea… I’d have to speak to Michael Patrick King about that, but that’s a really nice idea. That’s a very interesting, thought-provoking, up all night idea." Watch this space, because it seems as though this could actually happen.
Speaking to The Today Show this week, Parker described the script as an "exquisite, unbearably painful, heartbreaking, joyful story, that felt like the beginning in a lot of ways." Parker even name-dropped Cattrall in the interview saying, "She doesn't want to do it," which probably isn't a good sign for their feud.
Based upon Parker's description, it seems likely that one of the characters dies in the Sex and the City 3 script, which is why the story is so "unbearably painful, heartbreaking"—and it's more than possible that this is why Cattrall doesn't want to do it.
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Amy Mackelden is a freelance writer, editor, and disability activist. Her bylines include Harper's BAZAAR, Nicki Swift, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, ELLE, The Independent, Bustle, Healthline, and HelloGiggles. She co-edited The Emma Press Anthology of Illness, and previously spent all of her money on Kylie Cosmetics.
