‘SATC' alum James Remar reveals if he'd return as Samantha's boyfriend Richard in reboot
'Dexter' star James Remar said that if the 'Sex and the City' spinoff show 'And Just Like That' asked him to reprise his role, he'd do it.
'I'm an actor, the phone is open,' Remar, 71, exclusively told the Post, while promoting his show 'Dexter: Resurrection.'
He quipped: '[But] do I have to be naked again?'
7 James Remar on 'Dexter: Resurrection.'
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7 James Remar and Kim Cattrall in 'Sex and the City.'
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Remar played Richard Wright in the original 'Sex and the City,' who dated Samantha (Kim Cattrall) before he broke her heart in Season 4.
'I'm the best boyfriend on the show,' Remar recently People.
He told the outlet that he had a conversation about Richard leaving the show with series writer/director Michael Patrick King.
'I said, 'How come you dissolved our relationship? It's like we were the two that were the best for each other.' And he said, 'We only introduce love on this show to have it fail,'' Remar recalled. 'So at least he said that there was love there.'
7 James Remar with Kim Cattrall on 'Sex and the City.'
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Remar added, 'He said, 'But it failed and you're not coming back.''
The original show, which aired on HBO from 1998 to 2004, followed Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her friends Samantha (Cattrall), Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) through dating adventures in New York City.
Cattrall notably isn't in the spinoff show 'And Just Like That,' which airs on Max and follows Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte in their 50s.
7 James Remar attends the 'Dexter: Resurrection' premiere in NYC on July 9, 2025.
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Her absence from the show comes amid behind-the-scenes cast feud rumors, which SJP has denied.
Cattrall did, however, make a brief cameo in Season 2 – without seeing or speaking to any of the stars. Samantha also appeared in a recent Season 3 episode in an offscreen cameo, when Carrie exchanged text messages with Samantha.
In a May 2022 Variety interview, Cattrall said that she 'would never want to look back on that [character] with anything other than pride.'
7 Kim Cattrall and James Remar in 'Sex and the City.'
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But after six seasons and two films, Cattrall said, 'Everything in me went, 'I'm done.''
So, chances are slim that 'And Just Like That' would need Richard, unless he dated someone else.
Since the HBO show, Remar has worked on 'North Shore,' 'Ratatouille,' 'X-Men: First Class,' 'Hatfields & McCoys' and 'Black Lightning,' 'Magnum P.I.' and 'Dexter: Resurrection.'
7 James Remar in his video interview with The New York Post.
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7 James Remar as Harry Morgan and Michael C. Hall as Dexter in 'Dexter.'
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'Dexter: Resurrection' is a continuation of the 'Dexter' franchise, similar to how 'And Just Like That' is a continuation of 'Sex and the City.'
'If they did anything like these guys are doing and made it like really cool, sure, I'd have to consider it,' he told The Post of reprising his Richard role.
'But it's tough to beat 'Dexter.''
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