With manufacturing on the third season of “And Just Like That” underway, actor Cynthia Nixon is opening up about co-star Sara Ramírez’s abrupt, if unsurprising, departure from the Max sequence.
In an interview with Selection revealed Thursday, Nixon seemingly shrugged off the implication that Ramírez’s exit from the “Sex and the City” revival was the results of any behind-the-scenes drama.
“I think they felt, and [series creator Michael Patrick King] felt, that that character had run its course,” she mentioned of Ramírez, who makes use of they/them pronouns. “They came in and shook everything up, and then the arc was completed.”
She additionally had ample reward for Ramírez’s efficiency, telling Selection: “They created such an amazing character — such a controversial character, but such an amazing character.”
In a separate interview with Entertainment Weekly revealed Thursday, Nixon mentioned she and Ramírez remained on good phrases, noting that the 2 “talk quite a bit.”
She additionally didn’t rule out the potential for Ramírez returning to “And Just Like That” sooner or later. “If Sara was on the show, I think it would be more Carrie and Che,” she mentioned, referring to Sarah Jessica Parker’s character, Carrie Bradshaw.
Although it had already been extensively reported that Ramírez would not be returning for Season 3 of “And Just Like That,” Nixon seems to be the present’s first forged member to remark publicly on the information.
Ramírez was among the many high-profile additions to the “Sex and the City” universe when “And Just Like That” debuted in 2021. The actor, whose credit embody “Madam Secretary” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” portrayed nonbinary comic Che Diaz, who grew to become the love curiosity of Miranda Hobbes (Nixon).
Amongst longtime “Sex and the City” viewers, Che Diaz turned out to be wildly polarizing. Hopes for the character’s likability have been snuffed out shortly after they started a tempestuous relationship with Miranda, who, till then, was married to Steve Brady (David Eigenberg), a fan favourite because the early days of the unique HBO sequence. The phrase “Justice for Steve” trended on social media after some episodes and appeared in a number of evaluations.
At first, Ramírez went to lengths to defend Che Diaz in interviews, arguing that a lot of the backlash to their character stemmed from an general discomfort towards nonbinary individuals.
“I’m really proud of the representation that we’ve created,” they informed The New York Occasions in 2022. “We have built a character who is a human being, who is imperfect, who’s complex, who is not here to be liked, who’s not here for anybody’s approval. They’re here to be themselves.”
By August of final yr, nonetheless, Ramírez started to seemingly distance themselves from the present. In a since-deleted Instagram publish, they responded to a profile revealed by The Reduce that contained a less-than-favorable tackle Che Diaz. They urged viewers to direct their criticisms at King, who wrote and directed quite a few episodes of “And Just Like That.”
“When a cis man is in charge and has ultimate control of dialogue actors say, and you have a valid problem with it, perhaps you should be interviewing him,” they wrote on the time.
In January, Ramírez appeared to take one other swipe at “And Just Like That” on social media. In one other since-deleted Instagram publish, they blasted the leisure trade for allegedly making “blacklists” of actors who’ve proven help for Palestine in the course of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
“It’s wild how performative so many in Hollywood are,” they reportedly wrote. “Even more performative than the last character I played.”
