Cynthia Nixon was 'very reluctant' to reprise Miranda for 'And Just Like That...'

At one point, it was possible that Kim Cattrall wouldn't be the only one opting out of reprising her Sex and the City role for HBO Max's And Just Like That... limited series revival.

"It was a very hard decision," Cynthia Nixon told Australian outlet Herald Sun. "I really didn’t think I was going to do it. I was very reluctant. But the more I talked to Sarah Jessica [Parker], [showrunner] Michael Patrick King and Kristin [Davis], about the things that I couldn’t go back without—a real sea change in terms of the lack of diversity in the original series, they were on board."

"I was floored by how hard everybody listened, and how collaboratively we worked together to, not just redecorate the house, but to build a whole new house — that had us in it but new characters, too," the two-time Emmy winner continued.

Sara Ramirez, Nicole Ari Parker, Karen Pittman and Sarita Choudhury were added to the cast for AJLT.

Nixon has portrayed Miranda Hobbes since SATC's seminal HBO run from 1998 to 2004, including the two Sex and the City and Sex and the City 2 feature-length films in 2008 and 2010, respectively.

And Just Like That... premiered Dec. 9 and finds Carrie (Parker), Charlotte (Davis) and Miranda in New York City "as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s." 

“The characters are 55 so they're in menopause," Nixon added. "And menopause is the punchline of a lot of jokes and certainly has its unpleasant aspects. But it's a time when women have spent decades looking after other people and can again focus on themselves: who am I? Who do I want to be?"

For more insight, watch HBO Max's "The Roundtable" with Nixon, Davis and Parker below.