Sex and the City writer Candace Bushnell is ‘angry’ over HBO adaptation
Candace Bushnell has said she was “angry” that she didn’t make any money from it Sex and the City.
Bushnell wrote the Sex and the City column for The New York Observerwhich HBO adapted into the hit series of the same name.
The series – starring Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw – was extremely successful and ran for six seasons from 1998 to 2004. The franchise also spawned two films, released in 2008 and 2010.
Bushnell opened up about her column and the series during a recent appearance on Meghan Markle archetypes podcast.
“Everyone thinks my life has changed? It has not. I didn’t make a ton of money from it Sex and the City,” She said.
When asked how she felt about it, Bushnell replied, “Angry. It makes me angry. And that is one of the realities. The fact is, I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine, so I just keep working.”
Elsewhere on the podcast, Bushnell said that “the true sexuality of women looks a lot like Samantha Jones.”
Samantha is the sexually blunt character in Sex and the City played by Kim Cattrall.
A lonely singleton who often types on his keyboard while living in an artificial metropolis… and Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw
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Referring to women “living outside the box,” the 63-year-old said, “My question is always: What is the true sexuality of women once you take away the ‘I’m dependent on a man’ aspect?
“What if women had their own money and power? What is her sexuality like? It looks a lot like Samantha Jones.”
Sex and the City returned last year with the HBO sequel series And just like that…
The majority of the central cast returned for the revival, with the exception of Kim Cattrall as Samantha.
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