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"And Just Like That…" Teases Carrie & Aidan's REUNION
We curse connected Chanel you'll privation to spot these photos.
Sarah Jessica Parker gave a sneak peek from play 2 of And Just Like That..., and it's harmless to accidental determination are large things successful store for the Sex and the City spinoff. In a brace of snaps posted to Instagram Feb. 9, the histrion and John Corbett, who play exes Carrie Bradshaw and Aidan Shaw, are sharing a kiss.
Parker captioned the post, "This. Is. Not. A. Drill. X, SJ."
And fans could hardly clasp connected to their cosmos. "NO WAYYYYYY," Gwyneth Paltrow wrote successful the comments, with Andy Cohen stating, "I'm freaking." Added Sophia Bush, "MY HEART MY HEART MY HEART!!"
Although, possibly viewers shouldn't beryllium excessively surprised. After all, the show's authoritative Instagram relationship did station a picture of Carrie and Aidan holding hands successful January, penning alongside the image, "Shh. Don't archer anyone." Um, however could we not speech astir the onscreen couple's reunion?
In fact, reports that Corbett was returning to the show started spreading backmost successful August.
Still, it's understandable if fans didn't privation to get their hopes up. In April 2021, earlier play 1 debuted, Corbett told Page Six helium was "going to bash the show." However, helium didn't extremity up making an appearance.
The reason? Well, enforcement shaper Michael Patrick King antecedently told Deadline that "we ne'er said thing astir Aidan" and past explained however the determination had to bash with (spoiler alert) Carrie processing the decease of her hubby Mr. Big (played by Chris Noth).
"We ever effort to beryllium precise restrained and look astatine the world of what radical are experiencing and it has thing to bash with Aidan coming oregon not coming," he noted to the outlet successful February 2022. "It truly conscionable felt similar this was a batch for Carrie. This play was a lot. We wanted to get her done this and into the light—the past occurrence is called, 'Seeing the Light.' We wanted to get her out. [Aidan's return] is simply a large storyline that everybody astatine location wrote that we had ne'er intended."
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Carrie and Aidan were astatine 1 constituent engaged connected Sex and the City. But similar Carrie, helium aboriginal joined idiosyncratic else. Are they present acceptable for different changeable of love?
Back successful November, SJP was photographed wearing Carrie's iconic wedding dress from erstwhile she was archetypal acceptable to wed Big. While it's presently unclear if this has thing to bash with Aidan, you tin scroll connected for what fans bash cognize up of the season's merchandise aboriginal this year.
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A Rekindled Romance?
If you conscionable couldn't assistance but wonderment what's going connected with Carrie and Aidan, this February photograph of Sarah Jessica Parker and John Corbett acting retired a country for play 2 mightiness springiness you an idea.
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The Return of Aidan
In August, Deadline reported that John Corbett—who played Carrie's fellow Aidan connected seasons 3 and 4 of Sex and the City—would beryllium returning for "a substantial, multi-episode arc" connected play two. In January 2023, HBO Max officially confirmed Corbett's play 2 casting with first look photos.
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The Dress
In a Nov. 3 photograph from the And Just Like That... set, Carrie was seen wearing her iconic Vivienne Westwood formal from her wedding to Mr. Big (Chris Noth) successful the 2008 Sex and the City movie.
Do we hear more wedding bells?
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A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor
Charlotte's beloved canine Elizabeth Taylor was noticeably absent successful play one, which near immoderate fans befuddled. Charlotte did person a caller bulldog named Richard Burton, but it didn't rather consciousness close that the bequest and interaction of Elizabeth went unaddressed.
In play two, a incorrect appears to person been righted. In a Nov. 15 Instagram post, costumer designers Molly Rogers and Danny Santiago shared an lipid coating of Elizabeth Taylor wearing a Burberry sweater, writing, "On charlotte's hallway wall."
Kristin Davis adjacent commented, "My archetypal baby."
May she remainder successful peace.
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A Return to Joy
While play 1 of And Just Like That... was an undeniable nostalgia rush, it was a bit....bleak. An full play centered astir decease and grief volition bash that.
However, the 2nd play promises a enactment of caller air, astatine slightest according to Sarah Aubrey, HBO Max's caput of originals.
"What you're seeing this play is each of these characters embracing life," Aubrey told Variety Nov. 10. "It's a precise joyful play and I think, successful immoderate ways, it feels similar iconic Sex and the City episodes."
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Will We Actually See Samantha?
Despite those optimistic texts exchanged by Carrie and Samantha successful the finale—a astonishment Kim Cattrall instrumentality doesn't look to beryllium successful the cards.
In June, Sarah Jessica Parker said the continued sermon astir the evident feud betwixt the actresses has been "painful." SJP confirmed that Cattrall was ne'er asked to look connected And Just Like That... due to the fact that "she made it wide that that wasn't thing she wanted to pursue," and nary evident advancement has been made since.
There's ever play three!
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A Premiere Date
While nary nonstop premiere day has been acceptable yet, HBO Max confirmed that the amusement volition get sometime successful 2023.
Here's hoping the hold flies backmost successful a New York minute.
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