Kim Cattrall Talks Spacey & SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH

Stage and screen stalwart and SEX & THE CITY siren Kim Cattrall has opened up about her sexy new stage role at Kevin Spacey's artistically directed Old Vic Theatre in the West End - that of Princess Kosmonopolis (aka Alexandra Del Lago) in the Tennessee Williams classic SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH, co-starring rising theatre headliner Seth Numrich.

Cattrall says of the courting process by Spacey, "I was doing PRIVATE LIVES in the West End about two years ago and Kevin Spacey came to see it and he took me for lunch a few days later and said 'I have an idea...," he said, 'SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH'. And I said, 'Alright, if you can get Marianne Elliott to direct it, I'll do it,' and he did!"

Commenting further, Cattrall compares the steamy Williams drama about an actress and a gigolo to another recent role, that of tragic queen Cleopatra in George Bernard Shaw's telling of the classic tale of ANTONY & CLEOPATRA.

"Every play is a journey. ANTONY & CLEOPATRA isn't a comedy in three acts either - at least this woman doesn't die with a snake at her breast," she says.

Cattrall continues, "I think it's a beautiful journey for both of them, and somewhat of a love affair really, because I think these people in some ways, who are discovering all of this, are maybe meant to be together," she insightfully reveals.

Cattrall characteristically concludes, "And it's very sexy too!"

Samantha Jones herself certainly would know!

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So, are you particularly excited to see Cattrall play such a perfect role for a bombshell such as she undoubtedly is?