It’s nearly impossible to picture Sex and the City without Kim Cattrall’s Samantha Jones—the bold, fearless, unapologetically confident PR queen who basically redefined sexy on TV. But according to Cattrall, the role almost didn’t happen.
In a recent interview with The Times, the actress revealed that she actually turned the role down four times before finally saying yes. Why the hesitation? Her age. “Self-inflicted ageism,” she admitted with a laugh. “Well, that changed—40 became sexy. It became, ‘Man, let’s have more of that.’”