“And Just Like That”
“Worse than the door scene on ‘Titanic'”: That’s why Carrie didn’t dial 911
Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Mr. Big (Chris Noth) found their happy ending in “Sex and the City”
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Chris Noth, who plays Mr. Big in “Sex and the City”, has commented on a scene that has been hotly debated by fans in the new sequel “And Just Like That”. Warning, spoilers!
It was dramatic minutes that could be seen in the first episode of the “Sex and the City” sequel “And Just Like That”: Carrie, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, returns home from a concert and finds her husband Mr. Big (Chris Noth) collapsed in the shower before. He suffered a heart attack after doing exercise on the exercise bike. Carrie rushes to him, takes him crying in her arms and the two look one last time in the eye before Mr. Big finally loses consciousness.
The shocking scene caused a lot of discussion on social media. Not only the surprising death of Mr. Big was the subject, but also the manner. The actor Jonah Hill shared on Instagram the question that numerous spectators asked: “But why didn’t Carrie call 911 immediately?” Because when she found Big, he was still alive after all. Now Chris Noth has been interviewed with the “Vogue” commented on it.
“And Just Like That” lets the fans get emotional
He and showrunner Michael King Patrick had agreed on this matter. “We called it the ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ moment, that moment just before Bonnie and Clyde were hit by the bullet and Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway exchanged that look. They both knew it was the end. We knew that we wanted to have this moment too, that I couldn’t just die alone in the bathroom, “says Noth. There had to be this last moment, without words, without cheesy dialogue, just a look. King did it beautifully.
The reactions were emotional. “That Carrie didn’t call 911 is worse than Rose, who Jack didn’t let on the door in ‘Titanic”. I stand by it “, commented a fan on Twitter and numerous users agreed to this. “This will be the new ‘There was room for two on the door’ discussion,” it said, among other things. Because even at the end of “Titanic” many agree: Jack, played by Leonardo Dicaprio, shouldn’t have died. It remains wishful thinking from the fans.