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| Kim Cattrall: ‘I don’t want to play someone’s wife and become a joke about plastic surgery’ | Kim Cattrall: ‘I don’t want to play someone’s wife and become a joke about plastic surgery’ |
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| 10 years on from the last TV episode of Sex And The City, star Kim Cattrall hopes her new show Sensitive Skin will encourage broadcasters to commission more shows with strong roles for older women. | |
| “I believe that women my age have very much to say, and unfortunately this business doesn’t recognise that, most of the time,” said Cattrall, speaking at the MIPTV television industry conference in Cannes. “I believe that this show, this story, deserves a life.” | “I believe that women my age have very much to say, and unfortunately this business doesn’t recognise that, most of the time,” said Cattrall, speaking at the MIPTV television industry conference in Cannes. “I believe that this show, this story, deserves a life.” |
| Cattrall was in Cannes to promote the show, which is currently being sold to broadcasters. It's a remake of a series originally launched by the BBC in 2005, when Joanna Lumley took the lead role. Cattrall said she was attracted to the project following a meeting with the BBC's comedy chief at the time, Jon Plowman, citing Absolutely Fabulous and Extras as inspiration. | Cattrall was in Cannes to promote the show, which is currently being sold to broadcasters. It's a remake of a series originally launched by the BBC in 2005, when Joanna Lumley took the lead role. Cattrall said she was attracted to the project following a meeting with the BBC's comedy chief at the time, Jon Plowman, citing Absolutely Fabulous and Extras as inspiration. |
| “A lot of those shows he’s been involved with have been with women: very smart women,” she said. “This is a story that I’ve never heard told before, from such a fresh point of view, and I was immediately drawn to the intelligence and humour of it. It very much reminded me of Sex And The City.” | |
| Cattrall suggested that where that show talked about sex in an "intelligent and humorous" way, Sensitive Skin does the same thing for the process of getting older, with lead character Davina coming to terms with the ageing process: "How it feels to wake up in the morning and see the lines, and gravity taking over,” as Cattrall put it. | Cattrall suggested that where that show talked about sex in an "intelligent and humorous" way, Sensitive Skin does the same thing for the process of getting older, with lead character Davina coming to terms with the ageing process: "How it feels to wake up in the morning and see the lines, and gravity taking over,” as Cattrall put it. |
| “For me it’s one of the more challenging roles that I’ve ever had to play. I’m known for playing women who know what they want and how to get it, relatively in a short period of time. But to play someone who’s in a crisis and not even totally aware of it? This was really a different area of investigation for me. That’s why I’m so proud of the end product. It is a departure of sorts," she said. | “For me it’s one of the more challenging roles that I’ve ever had to play. I’m known for playing women who know what they want and how to get it, relatively in a short period of time. But to play someone who’s in a crisis and not even totally aware of it? This was really a different area of investigation for me. That’s why I’m so proud of the end product. It is a departure of sorts," she said. |
| “I like comedy that makes you question, because I think it’s a very intelligent way to get rid of fear. You’re laughing, but you come away with something you maybe want to question about your own life." | “I like comedy that makes you question, because I think it’s a very intelligent way to get rid of fear. You’re laughing, but you come away with something you maybe want to question about your own life." |
| Cattrall has worked constantly since the end of Sex And The City's TV run, including two spin-off films, but also a succession of theatrical roles in London and on Broadway. Her experience in the theatre made her choosier about projects that might tempt her back to television. | |
| “Theatre almost makes it impossible to work in television, because the writing is so great,” she said. “When you go from that to reading television scripts, you think… eeuurgh! Especially from a woman’s point of view, they don’t really know what to do with me. I don’t want to play someone’s wife and become a joke about plastic surgery.” | “Theatre almost makes it impossible to work in television, because the writing is so great,” she said. “When you go from that to reading television scripts, you think… eeuurgh! Especially from a woman’s point of view, they don’t really know what to do with me. I don’t want to play someone’s wife and become a joke about plastic surgery.” |
| Cattrall also talked about industry “pressure to stay young, and be young and bubbly and nubile: it’s suffocating”, but said she is much more encouraged by trends in high-quality television drama in recent years. | Cattrall also talked about industry “pressure to stay young, and be young and bubbly and nubile: it’s suffocating”, but said she is much more encouraged by trends in high-quality television drama in recent years. |
| “It’s brought independent film to everyone. there still is independent film happening, but I know so many people at any age who would rather stay at home and watch a show like Sensitive Skin or Breaking Bad, or reruns of Sex And The City and The Sopranos, because they get their money’s worth,” she said. | |
| Cattrall is also keen that her new show is not seen by broadcasters purely as a drama for women, suggesting that its themes will appeal strongly to men too. "It's a human story. Men age too, don't they?" she said. | Cattrall is also keen that her new show is not seen by broadcasters purely as a drama for women, suggesting that its themes will appeal strongly to men too. "It's a human story. Men age too, don't they?" she said. |
| “I don’t think it’s just women’s programming that we’ve done. I would be sad in some ways if it was just considered a women’s programme. This is about a relationship, it’s not just about Davina. She’s going through a crisis, but the men in the show are important, and addressing this issue in their own specific way as well." | “I don’t think it’s just women’s programming that we’ve done. I would be sad in some ways if it was just considered a women’s programme. This is about a relationship, it’s not just about Davina. She’s going through a crisis, but the men in the show are important, and addressing this issue in their own specific way as well." |
| Cattrall admitted that Sex And The City hadn't been harmed by being positioned as a show aimed at women, but hoped her new project would not be "cornered and pigeonholed" in the same way. "I would so much like it to reach a broader audience than just a female audience." |
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