‘Sex and the City’ Writer Candace Bushnell Is ‘Really Startled’ by ‘And Just Like That’: ‘That’s Not My Story’
usmagazine.comLongtime Sex and the City fans were on the fence about the show’s HBO Max revival, And Just Like That — and even author Candace Bushnell had questions.The 63-year-old writer, who penned the columns that inspired the original ’90s series, had a hard time seeing herself in the modern version. “I’m really startled by a lot of the decisions made in the reboot,” she told The New Yorker in an interview published on Wednesday, February 16. “You know, it’s a television product, done with [And Just Like That creator] Michael Patrick King and Sarah Jessica Parker, who have both worked with HBO a lot in the past.
HBO decided to put this franchise back into their hands for a variety of reasons, and this is what they came up with.”Bushnell continued: “I mean, Carrie Bradshaw ended up being a quirky woman who married a really rich guy.
And that’s not my story, or any of my friends’ stories. But TV has its own logic.”The Connecticut native’s book was used as the basis for Sex and the City and its subsequent movie adaptations.
While she wasn’t involved in the creation of the new HBO Max series, Bushnell previously opened up about original star Kim Cattrall‘s choice not to reprise her role as Samantha Jones, a fan-favorite character.“You know what, I think it’s fine.
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