If you’ve ever wondered how Sex and the City has managed to stay relevant for 27 years since it first premiered, you don’t have to look far.
Speaking to ELLE UK, Cynthia Nixon (who plays Miranda Hobbes), attributes the show's longstanding resonance with the fact that each and every one of its storylines is drawn from real-life events.
“Our writers have always based our plot lines on things that have actually happened to them or happened to someone that they directly know, so they can quiz them about it,” Nixon says. “So these crazy, outrageous things, particularly back in the day [during Sex and the City], that happened to these characters were always rooted in truth, and an audience can smell that a mile away.”
Sex and the City, which was based on Candace Bushnell’s New York Observer column of the same name, premiered in 1998 and spawned six seasons, two feature films, and a sequel series, And Just Like That..., which is currently airing weekly on Max. The show caused widespread discourse among fans of the original series, with some claiming it tarnishes SATC’s lasting legacy. Miranda, in particular, was criticized for becoming out-of-touch and contradicting her original character. Nixon, however, says that she doesn’t read reviews of the show.
As for potential seasons of And Just Like That... (that have yet to be greenlit by HBO), Nixon is clear that as long as the series creator Michael Patrick King will keep on writing Miranda’s story, she’ll be there. “I’d love a season 4 and I’d love a season 5,” she says. “I love this world and it’s so lovely to be a part of it. I mean, who gets to do this? To play a character for 30 years? It’s really, really special.”
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