Hannah Einbinder has confirmed rumours that the upcoming fifth season of Hacks will be the last.
The comedian and actor shared what she described as the “bittersweet” news while speaking to reporters on the red carpet at the Emmy Awards on Sunday night.
“We’re going to start [filming] next week, and knowing it’s the last season is really bittersweet,” she told E! host Heather McMahan. “But I think it’s right, you know?”
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Hannah added that she thought the end of the fifth season was the right time to end the show, as it was better to call time on Hacks when it is still popular and loved.
“I think it’s nice to do something as many times as it should be done,” she explained on the awards show red carpet. “Not overstay your welcome. Rip it and do it and laugh and cry.”
Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart in Hacks
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Hacks has been an awards darling since it debuted in 2019, with Jean Smart winning an Emmy for every season she has played comedian Deborah Vance.
Series creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky previously admitted they had a five-season plan for their hit US series. After the events of season four, the trio hinted that Hacks may go on for even longer, but sadly for fans, that is evidently no longer the case.
“We are now breaking up season five, and we have to see how many episodes it will take us to get to where we know we’re going to go,” Paul W. Downs told Variety, breaking down the events of the season four finale.
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“The final scene of the final episode has been in our minds since 2015, and we’re excited to get there. But that may take more episodes than we can fit in the season.”
While there’s no official word yet on exactly when season five of Hacks will air, it’s worth noting that previous seasons have debuted in the spring.
As always, the National Television Awards brought together some of the biggest names on British telly on Wednesday night.
This year’s NTAs united presenters, actors and reality stars under one roof to celebrate the past year’s biggest achievements in television – and as you’d expect, the red carpet was absolutely jam-packed.
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Scroll down to check out all of the red carpet photos you need to see from this year’s NTAs…
On Monday evening, their replacements were officially confirmed, with former regular guest critic Grace Dent being appointed a full-time judge moving forward.
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She’ll be joined at the helm by chef Anna Haugh, who previously served as a judge on one series of Masterchef: The Professionals in 2022.
Grace enthused: “I’m over the moon to be coming back to the MasterChef kitchen and unearthing what culinary skills people have been cooking up behind closed doors.
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“It’s a joy to be working with Anna, who brings all her incredible experience to the table. I am in for such a treat with this series, I can’t wait to get started.”
Anna agreed: “I’m delighted to be back on MasterChef and judging alongside the wonderful Grace Dent, whose writing and wit I’ve admired for years.
“MasterChef has long inspired and resonated with cooks in home kitchens and of course in my industry. I can’t wait to get into the studio for what will be a great competition.”
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Prior to that, it was revealed that Saturday Kitchen host Matt Tebbutt would be taking over Gregg Wallace’s old slot on Masterchef: The Professionals.
Masterchef: The Professionals stars Marcus Wareing, Matt Tebbutt, Monica Galetti
Gregg was fired as the host of MasterChef in July, after almost 20 years at the helm, following claims that were upheld in a report alleging the use of sexual language and one case of unwanted physical contact.
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He has since apologised for “any distress caused” by his behaviour, while also noting that he was cleared of what he described as “the most serious and sensational accusations”.
The most recent season of MasterChef was filmed last year, featuring both Gregg and John as usual, although the BBC made the decision to greatly reduce their screen-time.
The Wednesday universe just got a whole lot bigger after a new cohort of stars joined the Netflix hit for its long-awaited second season.
After a three-year wait, the new episodes see Jenna Ortega’s character finally heading back to Nevermore to tackle new mysteries while she navigates family, friends and old foes.
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Joining returning stars like Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez and the rest of the kooky family, this season brings a host of new stars and A-list performers into the mix.
With the first four episodes of the season available to watch now (ahead of part two dropping on 3 September), you might have spotted more than a few familiar faces.
Here’s where you’ve seen them before…
Joanna Lumley
Dame Joanna Lumley as Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous
Dame Joanna’s career spans decades, including TV shows like The New Avengers, Sapphire & Steel, Sensitive Skin, Finding Alice and Fool Me Once, while The Wolf Of Wall Street, Ella Enchanted, Paddington 2 are among her many film credits.
She’s also known for her numerous travel series where she’s journeyed all over the world to countries like Russia, Japan and India (where she was born).
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Wednesday actually marks a Tim Burton reunion for Dame Joanna, who voiced Maudeline Everglot in his 2005 stop-motion classic Corpse Bride and played Aunt Spiker in James And The Giant Peach, which he produced.
Steve Buscemi
Steve Buscemi in Boardwalk Empire
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Another screen legend joining this season is Steve Buscemi in the role of Principal Dort. You’ll know him for playing Nucky in Boardwalk Empire, along with Mr “I Don’t Tip” Pink in Reservoir Dogs.
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His other big movie credits include Fargo, The Death Of Stalin and Ghost World. With more than a few hardman roles added to his resume over the years, he’s also no stranger to comedy, having appeared in Hubie Halloween, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and The Week Of.
If nothing else, you’ve most definitely seen his famous “how do you do, fellow kids” line memed to high heaven from 30 Rock, or heard his voice as Randall in Pixar’s Monsters, Inc.
Billie Piper
Billie Piper as Rose Tyler in Doctor Who
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Doctor Who fans will always know and love Billie Piper as the iconic companion Rose in the first two revived seasons of the beloved sci-fi show.
She joins Wednesday as Isadora Capri, the Academy’s new head of music, and has previously starred in shows like Secret Diary Of A Call Girl, I Hate Suzie and Penny Dreadful, and portrayed Fanny Price in the Jane Austen TV movie adaptation of Mansfield Park.
Before all of that, though, she was a chart-topping popstar, racking up hits like Because We Want To, Day And Night and Girlfriend.
Thandiwe Newton
Thandiwe Newton as Maeve in Westworld
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The A-list Brits just keep on coming, with Thandiwe Newton joining Wednesday in the role of psychiatrist Dr. Rachael Fairburn.
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She won an Emmy for her stunning portrayal of brothel madam Maeve in Westworld, while her other memorable roles across film include Beloved, Mission Impossible II and Crash. Her TV credits, meanwhile, range from Line Of Duty, Rogue and ER.
Thandiwe has also had some huge voice parts, including Mona in Big Mouth and Eshe in Disney’s Lion King prequel Mufasa, which came out last year.
Christopher Lloyd
Best known for his work in Back To The Future, Christopher Lloyd previously played Uncle Fester in two Addams Family movies
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The Back To The Future legend is officially returning to the Addams Family universe, after portraying Uncle Fester in Barry Sonnenfeld’s 1990s films.
However, this time around, he’s playing Professor Orloff, Nevermore’s longest-serving teacher. Along with his unforgettable role as Doc Brown in the iconic sci-fi trilogy, he’s also known for playing Jim Ignatowski in the Emmy-winning comedy series Taxi.
Christopher’s other notable movie credits include Who Framed Roger Rabbit, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
She won an Academy Award for her contribution to the A Star Is Born soundtrack (and snagged an additional nomination for her performance as Ally in the film itself), and has gone on to land starring roles in Joker: Folie à Deux and the 2021 series House Of Gucci.
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Gaga previously led the fifth season of American Horror Story back in 2015, winning a Golden Globe in the process, before returning to play the witch Scáthach in the the following year’s series.
Haley Joel Osment
Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense
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Former child actor Haley Joel Osment guest stars in the first episode of season two as a serial killer known as the Kansas City Scalper.
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You may well still be a little traumatised from his performance in The Sixth Sense (for which he received an Oscar nomination) with Bruce Willis. He also delivered a hugely moving performance in A.I. Artificial Intelligence.
As an adult, you might have watched him in Blink Twice, Sex Ed, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile and, much more recently, Happy Gilmore 2.
Heather Matarazzo
Heather Matarazzo on the set of The Princess Diaries in 2001
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All millennials likely did a double take when they spotted Heather Matarazzo in the new season as Dr. Fairburn’s righthand woman Judi – who is best known to many of us for playing Mia’s best friend Lily Moskowitz in The Princess Diaries.
Her other credits include Welcome to the Dollhouse, Saved!, The Devil’s Advocate and Hostel: Part II.
Frances O’Connor
Frances O’Connor in the 1999 adaptation of Mansfield Park
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Another season two guest star is Frances O’Connor, who is, funnily enough, another A.I. Artificial Intelligence alum, previously playing Haley Joel Osment’s mum in the Spielberg movie.
Frances has also been seen in the 1999 adaptation of Mansfield Park, The Conjuring 2, Mr. Selfridge and The End.
Owen Painter
Owen Painter in The Handmaid’s Tale
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You might not recognise him in his Slurp zombie get-up in Wednesday, but Owen’s resume includes a small role as a border control guard in The Handmaid’s Tale and a young Lucas in Tiny Beautiful Things.
Evie Templeton
Evie Templeton in season two of Wednesday
Nevermore student Agnes DeMille, a superfan of Wednesday’s, is set to make Evie Templeton one of the breakout stars of season two.
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Wednesday is Evie’s biggest acting gig to date, but she’s also had small roles in Criminal Record, Life After Life and Robert Zemeckis’ reimagining of Disney’s Pinocchio.
Next week, the polarising reboot will come to an end with its last ever episode, which will see Sarah Jessica Parker hanging up her Manolos for good and making her last on-screen appearance as Carrie Bradshaw.
However, what you might not realise is that And Just Like That isn’t the only show set in the Sex And The City universe that’s available to stream now.
If you’re looking for something to stream once And Just Like That is over, you might want to check out this other Sex And The City spin-off
AnnaSophia Robb on the set of The Carrie Diaries in 2012
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While it received little fanfare at the time, in 2013, The Carrie Diaries reintroduced the future columnist and TV icon as a high school student.
Set in the mid-80s and based on Candace Bushnell’s book of the same name, the criminally-underrated series saw AnnaSophia Robb playing the character in her younger years, as she navigated first love and finding her place in the world.
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The first season also introduced viewers to Carrie’s first group of girlfriends, as well as her first crush, played by a young Austin Butler a decade before he’d have his breakthrough in movies like Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Elvis and Dune: Part Two.
Admittedly, The Carrie Diaries is a teen drama, meaning the action is a little more youth-oriented than anything showcased in Sex And The City or And Just Like That.
Still, for Sex And The City fans, we’d still consider giving it a whirl. For one thing, AnnaSophia clearly did her homework when it came to playing Carrie – her mannerisms are endearingly SJP-esque, and if you’re a fan of the character’s fashion, you’ll love seeing the young character experimenting with her personal style set against the backdrop of the 80s.
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The cast of The Carrie Diaries, including AnnaSophia Robb, Austin Butler and Freema Agyeman
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It’s also heartwarming seeing Carrie’s love for her future home in New York blossom over time, especially in season two, when the character makes her very first foray into journalism as an intern for Interview magazine.
The second season also introduces a fabulous new addition in the form of Lindsey Gort’s lovingly-crafted interpretation of Samantha Jones.
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If you’re intrigued, the whole show is streaming for free on ITVX in the UK.
Lindsey Gort and AnnaSophia Robb as Samantha Jones and Carrie Bradshaw on the set of The Carrie Diaries in 2013
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When will the final episode of And Just Like That be available to stream?
The And Just Like That will premiere in the US on Thursday 14 August at 9pm ET on the streaming platform HBO Max.
After that, it will be available to stream on Now and Sky in the UK from around 2am on Friday 15 August (just in case you want to set your alarm and see it before it’s spoiled for you!).
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Where can I stream Sex And The City and its spin-off films?
Like And Just Like That, Sex And The City is also available to watch on Now and Sky in the UK, as is Divorce, another SJP project featuring brief appearances from several And Just Like That cast members.
Meanwhile, the Sex And The City movie and its much-derided sequels are both currently on Netflix.
If there’s one thing August is usually good for, it’s having plenty of downtime to get stuck into something new on Netflix.
As summer gets into full swing, there are plenty of new TV shows and original films arriving on the streamer this month to keep us all entertained.
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Whether you’re looking for binge-worthy guilty pleasures, revealing new documentaries or a twisty crime thriller (or two!), there’s a raft of new releases coming this month that will be sure to tick all those boxes – plus the long-awaited return of one of the platform’s biggest hit shows.
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Tell me more: If you loved the transatlantic culture clash of Too Much starring Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe (or the love-it-or-hate-it success of Emily In Paris), My Oxford Year might just be one to add to your watchlist.
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It’s also directed by The Inbetweeners creator Iain Morris, so we’re a little intrigued to see how the romance comes to life in this one…
Netflix says: “An ambitious American fulfilling her dream of studying at Oxford falls for a charming Brit hiding a secret that may upend her perfectly planned life.”
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Tell me more: This Japanese-produced survival reality series pits a cohort of former athletes against one another to compete in ultimate tests of fitness and endurance, all to be in with a chance of winning 30 million yen, which converts to about £150,000.
Final Draft’s competitors are from a variety of backgrounds, including a basketball star, an American football player, a former water polo athlete and even an Olympic gold medalist.
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It sounds like it might be a surprisingly emotional watch, as many of the competing athletes were apparently forced to walk away from their dreams early, compared to those who retired on their own terms.
Netflix says: “Twenty-five athletes, most retired, compete to win 30M yen to launch their second career. Can they overcome tough physical and psychological challenges?”
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Tell me more: You’re probably familiar with the hugely popular American reality TV series The Biggest Loser.
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Tell me more: Vanessa Kirby, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Julia Fox are among the leading stars in a new crime-thriller adaptation from Willy Vlautin novel of the same name.
Fantastic Four and The Crown star Vanessa plays a woman who has just 12 hours to desperately try and raise the money to avoid eviction and secure a future for her and her brother.
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Tell me more: Doctor Foster’s Suranne Jones and Before Sunset star Julie Delpy star in this political limited series in which the French president’s visit to the UK is detailed by a kidnap scheme.
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Tell me more: If you’ve still never found an animated series that comes close to the genius of BoJack Horseman, maybe creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s new series will do that.
His return to Netflix with Long Story Short follows one family over the years through a series of time jumps, charting their various highs and lows.
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The Truth About Jussie Smollett (22 August)
Jussie Smollett at the BET Awards in 2022
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Tell me more: Back in 2019, the actor Jussie Smollett, best known for playing Jamal Lyon on Empire, reported himself as the victim of a violent hate crime.
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Tell me more: One for fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty, this romance series inspired by the Wattpad novel by Ali Novak of the same name definitely became a guilty pleasure when season one came out in 2023.
My Life With The Walter Boys follows a teenager who moves in with her guardian’s family in the aftermath of a tragedy, and now season two brings us back to Silver Falls as Jackie is forced to figure out her dynamic in the family.
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Netflix says: “When Katherine convinces her to return to Colorado, Jackie is determined to make amends with Alex and set boundaries with Cole while finding her place within the Walter family. But fitting back in isn’t that easy.”
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The much-anticipated movie adapted follows a group of pals in a retirement home who solve murders just for fun, until they find themselves caught up in a real case.
Netflix says: “A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper based on the novel.”
The five celebrities taking part in the next season of the hit comedy competition series Taskmaster have been unveiled.
On Thursday evening, Channel 4 revealed the line-up for the Bafta-winning show’s 20th run, which will air later this year.
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Joining the cast this time around will be The League Of Gentlemen and Inside No. 9 creator Reece Shearsmith and the comedian and actor Sanjeev Bhaskar, best known for his roles in shows like Goodness Gracious Me, The Kumars At No. 42 and Unforgotten.
They’ll be joined by stand-up comedians Maisie Adam, Ania Magliano and Phil Ellis.
The cast of Taskmaster’s 20th series
A Channel 4 press release teased: “The almighty Taskmaster Greg Davies and his faithful admin keeper Alex Horne have gathered some of the most brilliant and eclectic comedy minds and assigned them one mission: to become a Taskmaster Champion.”
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No release date for the 20th series of Taskmaster has been given, but Channel 4 has insisted that more information will be “revealed in due course”.
The last season of Taskmaster aired over several weeks earlier in the year, featuring appearances from the likes of Rosie Ramsey, Jason Mantzoukas, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Stevie Martin and Matthew Baynton.
It’s now been almost 10 years since Taskmaster first aired on Channel 4 in 2015, quickly going on to become one of the broadcaster’s most popular original shows.
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Back in 2020, it won a Bafta in the Best Comedy Entertainment Programme, beating competition from The Graham Norton Show, The Last Leg and The Ranganation, and was nominated in the same category once again earlier this year.
Taskmaster has also spawned several international remakes in territories like Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Canada, with varying levels of success, while a live experience inspired by the show launched in London last year, before closing in February.
This article contains major spoilers for The Four Seasons on Netflix.
Fans who found themselves hooked on the low-stakes drama of The Four Seasons on Netflix earlier this year were delighted when the show was renewed for a second run last month.
And in a new interview with Deadline, Tina Fey – who also co-created the series, and wrote two of its episodes – is teasing exactly how the next season will work.
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The first run of The Four Seasons checked in with the same group of friends on four different group trips, as we caught up with where they were all at in their different personal dramas.
In light of big changes the gang went through by the end of season one, Deadline’s reporter asked Tina whether this format would still be the case for the new episodes.
“One of the things we like about it is what we kept calling the container plate of it. The game of, we only see them on vacation,” Tina responded. “We only see them throughout the year.
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She added: “We definitely want to keep the format of only seeing them when they’re together, only seeing them over four occasions.”
Tina Fey at a screening of The Four Seasons last month
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Tina also spoke about the possibility of Steve Carell putting in an appearance, despite his character having now been killed off.
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“I couldn’t possibly say,” she said. “We have our format.”
She then quipped: “I mean, of the many mistakes I’ve made in my career, killing him will hopefully go down as the biggest.”
Work on the second season of The Four Seasons is now underway, with cast members Will Forte, Colman Domingo, Kerri Kenney-Silver and Marco Calvani expected to return in the new episodes.
While promoting The White Lotus, the former Harry Potter star has repeatedly spoken highly of his on-screen children, played by Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine Hook and Sam Nivola, but during a new interview with Vulture, it was pointed out that he’s been less forthcoming about Parker.
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Asked what she was like to work with, he said simply: “She’s Parker Posey. She’s everything you think she would be.”
Pressed further, he explained: “She was playing someone out of her head, so she was given licence to be bonkers. And then I’m playing someone out of my head. So I didn’t really look at her or talk to her or listen to her because I’m so much in my own tunnel.”
“So I can’t really tell you what it’s like to interact with her too much,” he admitted.
Jason Isaacs and Parker Posey on the set of The White Lotus season three
HuffPost UK contacted both actors’ representatives for comment at the time, but did not receive a response.
During a wide-ranging piece in The Guardian published before the latest season began airing, Jason said of the filming process: “There’s no question that sometimes it is absolutely fabulous, and sometimes it’s Lord of the Flies.”
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He continued: “There are tensions and difficulties, I don’t know if they spilled from on screen to off-screen, or if it would have happened anyway.
“There were alliances that formed and broke, romances that formed and broke, friendships that formed and broke. It’s a long period of time for people to be away from their family with an open bar and all the wildness being in Thailand allows.”
“I can’t pretend I wasn’t involved in some off-screen drama,” he claimed, later adding: “We’ll all see one other again [for the premiere] and I’m sure we’ll be hugging and kissing and remembering it fondly. But there were times when things were not quite so fond.”
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All three seasons of The White Lotus are streaming on Now and Sky in the UK.
Sarah Jessica Parker is lifting the lid on a deleted Sex And The City scene that would have given viewers more of an insight into her character’s background.
The Emmy winner played Carrie Bradshaw in all six seasons of Sex And The City, as well as its two spin-off films and the revival series And Just Like That.
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Ahead of And Just Like That’s return, HuffPost UK spoke to Sarah Jessica about the fact that, despite Carrie having been on our screens for the better part of 30 years, there are still a lot of question marks around the character’s back story.
SJP explained that there has always been a “very conscious effort” to not shed too much light on any of the characters’ introduced in Sex And The City personal histories, but especially Carrie.
“There was a moment that we had a father for Carrie,” she recalled. “There was a scene shot where Carrie opens a desk drawer, and looks down and sees a photograph of her father, and shuts the drawer. And we cut it from the show.”
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Sarah Jessica Parker at the premiere of And Just Like That season three
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According to Sarah Jessica, showrunner Michael Patrick King opted to ditch the small scene as he felt it would have “complicated” the story, and might have “eclipsed” and “dominated” the bigger picture.
“I could not agree more,” she said. “There is a sort of alternate universe in which she lives, in which back story doesn’t exist.
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“So, we’re not endowing her with qualities because… or saying she behaves this way because… or a parent or mother parented her this way and that’s why [she had] this response.
“[This approach is] so clean, and it kind of gives you more liberty to tell a story. Because in some ways, once you start introducing families, and the ways in which they’ve informed somebody, you lock yourself into, like, pathologies and choices and eccentricities.”
Carrie did briefly touch on her family life in season four of Sex And The City, when she disclosed that her father left the family home when she was a child.
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“Do you think it really can be as simple as, ‘My father walked out, therefore I’ll always be messed up about men?‘’,” she asked Miranda in the episode A Vogue Idea, who responded: “My father came home every night at seven on the dot, and I have no clue about men either.”
The first episode of And Just Like That season three is now streaming on Sky and Now in the UK, with new instalments coming every Friday.
More interviews with the And Just Like That cast will be published on HuffPost UK in the coming days.
