[Editor’s note: The following story contains some spoilers for the “And Just Like That,” Season 3, Episode 1.]
Thirty years after the debut of “Intercourse and the Metropolis,” and newly-minted spin-off standout Rosie O’Donnell has some sage ideas on how the collection has modified, by way of the lens of sequel “And Simply Like That.” O’Donnell seems within the first episode of “And Simply Like That” Season 3, with Ben Travers’ IndieWire assessment applauding her “nice visitor arc” as Mary, a nun who loses her virginity to Miranda (Cynthia Nixon).
Critics have already been evaluating Miranda’s position of serving to Mary embrace her sexuality to that of her personal relationship together with her ex, Che Diaz (who famously helped Miranda understand she was queer in Season 1). But O’Donnell is aware of that her “And Simply Like That” cameo may by no means have been included in “Intercourse and the Metropolis,” and never simply due to Miranda being closeted on the time.
When requested by Selection if she ever thought of being within the “SATC” cinematic universe, O’Donnell mentioned, “No, as a result of ‘Intercourse and the Metropolis’ was such a girl-, woman-focused present in a means that I don’t possess. … You see these ladies who’ve lengthy hair and know the right way to whip it up right into a bun; I lack that gene. There’s ladies who know the right way to costume themselves to look applicable for his or her physique form, and I used to be by no means that woman. I placed on boys’ garments. I rode a motorbike. I used to be undoubtedly a bit homosexual woman.”
O’Donnell, who has not too long ago appeared in “Russian Doll” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” got here out as a lesbian in 2002. She known as herself an “O.G. lesbian” to Selection, saying that she advised her nonbinary little one, “I’m a lady who knew I used to be a lady, who favored being a lady, however didn’t really feel like an actual woman. However I by no means wished to be a boy. I by no means thought of boys. I used to be solely all the time excited about ladies.”
O’Donnell added that it was a “actually unusual time to be out of the closet to everybody in present enterprise” as a result of she had been dwelling her life outdoors of the general public eye as an overtly lesbian girl. “I used to be out to everybody besides the general public,” she mentioned, including that she had even recognized “SATC” producer and “AJLT” creator Michael Patrick King on the time, in complete for greater than 30 years.
Now, working with longtime buddies King and Nixon felt like a no brainer, and on model for the collection. “I’m good mates with Cynthia Nixon, and my daughter was really her assistant on set for the final season of ‘And Simply Like That,’” O’Donnell mentioned. “She put her on there, after which she mentioned, ‘By the best way, Michael advised me that he has a job for you. Are you up for it?’ I mentioned, ‘Are you kidding me? In a minute!’ I didn’t even have to consider it.”
“And Simply Like That” Season 3 is now streaming on Max. The 12-episode season concludes August 14.