Cynthia Nixon says Sex and the City is ‘tone deaf’ and almost didn’t join reboot

Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon has admitted that she was reluctant to reprise her role of Miranda Hobbs in the reboot And Just Like That

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Cynthia Nixon has revealed that she almost didn’t sign up to star in the Sex and the city reboot named And Just Like That.

The 55-year-old actress, who played Miranda Hobbs in the original HBO series, described the much-loved show as “being occasionally tone deaf”.

In a recent interview with News Corp, published by the Herald Sun, Cynthia recalled how reluctant she was to reprise the role again alongside co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis.

“The more I talked to Sarah Jessica, [writer-creator] Michael Patrick King, and Kristin, about the things that I couldn’t go back without, a real sea change in terms of the lack of diversity in the original series, they were on board,” Cynthia said.

“I’m very proud of the original series – despite it being occasionally tone deaf on race and gender,” she continued.

“Part of the reason we wanted to do the show [was] to go back and [undo] the things that we really got wrong.

“As wonderful as SATC is, to do that show right now would be incredibly tone-deaf. So I was really worried that the transformation wouldn’t be big enough, and my fears are very allayed.

“We want to be here to tell this story in this way and invite all these new people,” Cynthia added.

So far, there’s been four episodes of And Just Like That, and it’s delved into plenty of relevant issues.

As well as dealing with Carrie Bradshaw’s grief after the sudden death of her husband Mr Big (Chris Noth), there’s been talk of sexuality, gender and race.

Kristin’s character, Charlotte York Goldenblatt, is trying to navigate conversations with her teenage daughter Rose after she told her mum that she’s not comfortable being referred to as a “girl”.

And after tuning into the third episode, fans celebrated Miranda’s ‘charged’ moment with bisexual character Che Diaz (Sara Ramirez) – after revealing her stale sexless marriage to husband Steve.

And Just Like That episode 5 is released on Sky Comedy and NOW on Thursday 30 December.