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Kim Cattrall will make a shock return as Sex And The City's Samantha Jones for the second season of spin-off And Just Like That - despite her explosive feud with star Sarah Jessica Parker.
According to Variety, Cattrall, 66, will return for only one scene, which she shot on March 22 in New York City, without seeing or speaking with stars SJP, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis. The scene was also shot without AJLT showrunner Michael Patrick King.
In the scene, Samantha, who has moved to London, will have a phone conversation with Parker's Carrie Bradshaw.
Sex And The City designer Patricia Field, who is not the costume designer for AJLT, returned to dress Cattrall for the scene. AJLT's second season will premiere on June 22 on Max.
Samantha did feature in AJLT season one - but only over text message as Carrie repeatedly messaged her to try and repair their friendship. AJLT saw Carrie claim Samantha had cut her off and moved to London - due to fury at the writer firing her as a publicist - in a storyline Cattrall slammed for being inauthentic to the character.
She's back! Kim Cattrall will make a shock return as Sex And The City's Samantha Jones for the second season of spin-off And Just Like That's second season - despite her explosive feud with star Sarah Jessica Parker
Hell has frozen over: According to Variety , Cattrall, 66, will return for only one scene, which she shot on March 22 in New York City, without seeing or speaking with stars SJP, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis (pictured together in SATC season six)
The explosive reveal will both delight and shock fans of SATC as Cattrall has previously refused to ever reprise her fan-favorite role as the man-hungry publicist - having last played the character in much derided 2008 film, Sex and the City 2.
Even SJP has claimed she does not want Kim back - when asked by Variety in a 2022 interview if she would be 'OK' if Cattrall, 65, was able to come back to the show if some 'miracle were to happen,' after their very public feud exploded back in 2018.
Parker responded: '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.'
Adding: 'I haven't participated in or read articles, although people are inclined to let me know.'
'We didn't go to Kim for this, you know,' Parker said. 'After we didn't do the movie and the studio couldn't meet what she wanted to do, we have to hear her and listen to her and what was important to her.'
'It didn't fit into what was important or needed for us. There's a very distinct line between Samantha and Kim,' Parker continued.
'Samantha's not gone. Samantha's present, and I think was handled with such respect and elegance. She wasn't villainized. She was a human being who had feelings about a relationship, so I think we found a way to address it which was necessary and important for people that loved her.'
Patricia has publicly pledged her allegiance with Kim since the show ended, and in December last year, said she is interested in doing a series with her.
The two-time Emmy winner told Page Six: 'I would love to do a show with [Kim].'
Back in December, Patricia also slammed Cynthia Nixon over her fashion demands when asked
