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And Just Like That star admits to NEVER watching an episode of Sex and the City before audition
And Just Like That star Cathy Ang never watched an episode of Sex and the City before she was cast as Kristin Davis ' onscreen daughter Lily York Goldenblatt in 2021.
Outraged, the 60-year-old Emmy nominee asked the 29-year-old NYU grad on her podcast Are You a Charlotte on Tuesday if she told her or the other executive producers about that at the time.
'Am I gonna make you cry already?' Cathy asked Kristin.
'I kind of grew up in a more conservative environment where, like, my parents would not have been comfortable with me watching the show, of course. I really wish my mom had watched this show. You know, there's so many things that I feel like, actually, I think my mom is a Charlotte, you know, and there's many ways where I feel like she could have found, like, more freedom in her life.'
Ang continued: 'Anyway, it doesn't matter, but I didn't get to watch the show. And then watching the show, actually, after already being cast, I was like, "Holy guacamole!" But just like so kind of taken aback by the world that I was about to enter. And that probably would have freaked me out [at a younger age].'
The Chinese-Filipino-American actress-singer previously told Cosmopolitan in 2021 that she actually first watched the movies Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010), and once she got the role she 'binged the show in like a week.'
'I think if I had watched it as a teen, I wouldn't have understood as many of the problems they ran into, because I was just a little bit unaware,' Cathy admitted.
'So I appreciated that I waited because it would have felt more foreign to me before, but now I could relate to these characters.'
Davis told Ang that her self-taped audition during the COVID-19 pandemic was 'super brilliant' because of her prowess on the piano, which 'impressed' showrunner Michael Patrick King.
The Iowa-born, Cali-raised brunette's character Lily should technically be 21 years old considering Charlotte and Harry (Evan Handler) adopted her as a baby in 2004 following the emotional Sex and the City series finale.
The art dealer and divorce attorney's biological, non-binary child Rose aka 'Rock' (played by 15-year-old Alexa Swinton) should technically be 17 years older considering she was born in 2008 during the first SATC film.
There are fan theories that the hot-tempered teen is secretly the franchise's villain considering she stole Carrie Bradshaw's (Sarah Jessica Parker) cell phone before she was stood up at the altar by Mr. Big (Chris Noth), who was desperately trying to call her.
And Lily's piano recital in the And Just Like That series premiere kept Carrie from Big on the night he suffered a fatal heart attack on a Peloton bike at their lavish Manhattan apartment.
'The show has opened up like so many opportunities for me,' Cathy gushed.
'It was also strange that like I would ever be recognized. I went to a Bachelorette party in Texas and I gotta say I got recognized like three times down one street and it was really exciting to be a part of something that brings so many people joy.'
The Chinese-Filipino-American actress-singer previously told Cosmopolitan in 2021 that she actually first watched the movies Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010), and once she got the role she 'binged the show in like a week'
The art dealer and divorce attorney's biological, non-binary child Rose aka 'Rock' (played by 15-year-old Alexa Swinton) should technically be 17 years older considering she was born in 2008 during the first SATC film
There are fan theories that the hot-tempered teen is secretly the franchise's villain considering she stole Carrie Bradshaw's (Sarah Jessica Parker) cell phone before she was stood up at the altar by Mr. Big (Chris Noth), who was desperately trying to call her
And Lily's piano recital in the And Just Like That series premiere kept Carrie from Big on the night he suffered a fatal heart attack on a Peloton bike at their lavish Manhattan apartment
Cathy gushed: 'It was also strange that like I would ever be recognized. I went to a Bachelorette party in Texas and I gotta say I got recognized like three times down one street and it was really exciting to be a part of something that brings so many people joy'
That's arguable considering most SATC fans hate watch the dismally-reviewed continuation due to their devotion to Darren Star's small-screen adaptation of Candace Bushnell's newspaper column and 1996 book anthology, which aired for six seasons on HBO spanning 1998-2004
Catch more of Ang as Lily in the 12-episode third season of And Just Like That, which airs Thursdays on Max
That's arguable considering most SATC fans hate watch the dismally-reviewed continuation due to their devotion to Darren Star's small-screen adaptation of Candace Bushnell's newspaper column and 1996 book anthology, which aired for six seasons on HBO spanning 1998-2004.
The Emmy-winning series borrowed heavily from its predecessor about four female friends living in a big city - NBC sitcom The Golden Girls (1985-1992) - even copying the character archetypes of a funny one, a smart one, a naïve one, and a slut.
