She's the world's most famous man-eater… But as Jane Gordon discovered when she met Kim Cattrall, aka Samantha in Sex and the City, the UK-born actress is more 'Liverpool, family and tea' than 'Manhattan, men and martinis'. And she's relishing her return to the London stage
Kim Cattrall is reclining on a sofa in her sumptuous Marrakech hotel dreaming of London Transport. Given her surroundings, it’s rather surreal to hear her talk with such enthusiasm about the buses, the underground system and the benefits of owning an Oyster card. But even though she is on location in Morocco filming Sex and the City 2, the 53-year-old actress is mentally projecting forward to her next stop – a lead role in Richard Eyre’s West End production of Noël Coward’s comedy of manners Private Lives.
The part of Amanda, accidentally thrown together with her ex-husband Elyot – played by Matthew Macfadyen – will be Kim’s third foray into theatre in London: two years ago she starred in the Donmar Warehouse production of David Mamet’s The Cryptogram and in 2005 she took the lead in Peter Hall’s revival of Whose Life is it Anyway? She is, she says, as thrilled to be returning to the stage as she is to be re-acquainting herself with the Central Line and the No 19 bus to Theatreland.
‘I don’t take the subway in New York because you become a target for photo opportunities, but I can get round on the London underground and the buses, much to my satisfaction. I love it. Everyone leaves me alone. I was once on a bus going through Camden Town when the driver
stopped to remove a rowdy, drunk young man. I thought that was very fine, I felt very protected. I don’t know if that would happen in New York,’ she says with a laugh.
Maybe it has something to do with the warm Moroccan air, but Kim is in a relaxed mood. Wearing a long white kaftan (bought, she excitedly reveals, in a souk), she is funny, self-deprecating and open, and seems the very opposite of the woman routinely portrayed by the media. Allegations of a feud between Kim and her co-star Sarah Jessica Parker have dogged the actress during the 11-year history of the show and its spin-off films. Last December Sarah Jessica made a final bid to dispel those rumours in an interview with US Elle. ‘I don’t think anybody wants to believe that I love Kim,’ she said. ‘I adore her. I wouldn’t have done the movie without her.’
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The part of Amanda, accidentally thrown together with her ex-husband Elyot – played by Matthew Macfadyen – will be Kim’s third foray into theatre in London: two years ago she starred in the Donmar Warehouse production of David Mamet’s The Cryptogram and in 2005 she took the lead in Peter Hall’s revival of Whose Life is it Anyway? She is, she says, as thrilled to be returning to the stage as she is to be re-acquainting herself with the Central Line and the No 19 bus to Theatreland.
‘I don’t take the subway in New York because you become a target for photo opportunities, but I can get round on the London underground and the buses, much to my satisfaction. I love it. Everyone leaves me alone. I was once on a bus going through Camden Town when the driver
stopped to remove a rowdy, drunk young man. I thought that was very fine, I felt very protected. I don’t know if that would happen in New York,’ she says with a laugh.Maybe it has something to do with the warm Moroccan air, but Kim is in a relaxed mood. Wearing a long white kaftan (bought, she excitedly reveals, in a souk), she is funny, self-deprecating and open, and seems the very opposite of the woman routinely portrayed by the media. Allegations of a feud between Kim and her co-star Sarah Jessica Parker have dogged the actress during the 11-year history of the show and its spin-off films. Last December Sarah Jessica made a final bid to dispel those rumours in an interview with US Elle. ‘I don’t think anybody wants to believe that I love Kim,’ she said. ‘I adore her. I wouldn’t have done the movie without her.’
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