Those who missed Samantha Jones in the sequel to Sex and the City, which became one of HBO’s biggest hits in 2021, will not only be happy to know that the character will finally return, albeit briefly, in the latest episode of the second season of And Just Like That that premieres today. On the same day, you will also be able to see Kim Catrall in all her splendor in the new Netflix series, El glamour, where she plays Maddolyn Addison, an elderly super model who has managed to take advantage of her fame to create a cosmetics company that bears his name.
Although the story does not revolve around her character, that place belongs to Miss Benny, who plays Marco Mejía, a great fan of everything related to beauty who makes a living demonstrating these products in a large store located in a shopping center, Catrall’s character has many things in common with Samantha, starting with her good nose for business, her financial independence and the glamor that always surrounds her, even though her love life has no weight in the story .
The series, in which another actor with a long history of successes aimed at female audiences, Ricardo Chavira, who played Eva Longoria’s husband in Desperate Housewives, joins a good number of projects that have put Catrall back on in the center of public attention.
The British-born, Canadian-raised actress, now 66, had a major role on the final season of Queer as Folk and played the future version of Hilary Duff’s character on How I Met Your Father. As if all this were not enough, she also has an important role in All About My Father, which opened in Spanish cinemas earlier this month, and in which she shares the bill with Robert DeNiro.
In El glamour, the character of Kim is key to transforming the life of Marco, who identifies as non-binary queer and at 22 years old has an obsession with everything that has to do with improving his personal image, and although he has big dreams, His mother (the daughter of a Dominican immigrant Diana-María Riva) with pure pragmatism prefers that he look for a job that guarantees him a decent salary that is enough to live on.
When Marco is about to accept her advice, since she has decided to start charging him rent to achieve it, he lives the most exciting moment of his life when Addison visits the incognito store, to try to see first-hand what are the tastes of Your clients.
During a makeup session, the diva and the person who admires her passionately exchange observations about life, and give each other frank advice and opinions, achieving such empathy that before leaving, Maddolyn decides to invite her to come to her company to work as a assistant to your personal assistant.
Of course, once there, not everything will be a path full of roses for Marco, and not because Catrall throws stones at him, but because his presence will generate resistance in those who in the businesswoman’s environment believe that he may be a threat to their personal ambitions. .
Glamor was initially developed by Damon Wayans Jr. and Kameron Tarlow as a project for the Warner Bros.-owned television network The CW, with Brooke Shields in the role that Cattrall ended up playing. The current version is written by Jordon Nardino, with Todd Strauss-Schulson directing. Also featured in the cast are Zane Phillips, Jade Payton, Michael Hsu Rosen, Ayesha Harris, and Graham Parkhurst.
