Here is a short interview with Sarah Jessica Parker from a magazine Fabulous that comes with Sunday newspaper News of the World. She talks about shoes, SATC movie and her family.
The mere thought of it is enough to send pulses racing and a surge of blood to our cheeks. No, we’re not talking about a night of passion with a hot man, but something much more meaningful and, dare we say it, a little longer-lasting – slipping into a pair of very sexy, very expensive shoes. Specifically Manolo Blahniks – Sarah Jessica Parker’s own Achilles heels. So, for those of us without a wardrobe bursting with designer wear (and I suspect that might be the majority), we have to ask – are Manolos really better than sex?
“If you asked Carrie it would depend on where she was in her romantic cycle,” giggles Sarah. “But I would say that she could probably count on a Manolo more than a man. So is it better than sex? Yes!” Sarah’s love affair with designer foot candy began all those years ago in 1998 (1999 in the UK) when Sex and the City started – the role that made her so famous she transcended the need for a full name, and became just three initials instead. The reason for our fabulously girlie get-together is, of course, the eagerly awaited movie out on May 28. This is the film event of the year, although it almost never happened.
While they may have been the best of pals on screen, the rumoured off-screen warfare between Sarah and her co-star Kim Cattrall was reportedly so fierce it threatened to scupper plans for a big-screen reunion. So how was it, I wonder, to be back in those heels again?
“It wasn’t as taxing as I thought it was going to be,” she smiles. “Back in the day, I could run a marathon in heels and wake up the next day and run another one. “I thought to myself: ‘I’m getting older’, but my feet managed to respond to the challenge.” She may be feeling her age but, at 43, SJP looks amazingly youthful. Does getting older worry her? “You can’t battle it,” she says. “You see the attempts of people trying to stop it, but I don’t want to do that.”
Sarah may brush off stories of disagreements with her co-stars, but she is keen to talk about Carrie’s transition from a young woman in her early 30s when the TV series began, to the more mature 40-something in the movie. “She’s a very different person to the one she was,” says Sarah. “Carrie is living a life that she might have imagined, but didn’t think she was going to have. “When something happens that is extraordinary and upsetting, she recognises that she is not the same person she was.
"When you’re older, you respond differently to loss. "And your friends are a necessity, but they can’t fix things the way they used to. "This story really tells the truth about what it means to be a grown-up.” She remains tight-lipped over what “loss” means – it’s rumoured that a main character dies in the movie. Whatever happens, you get the feeling that this is all very final.
After playing her for so long, what will she miss about Carrie? “I loved her curiosity and I loved her interest in other people,” she says. “I was very envious of the time she gave to others. Who has that kind of time for their friends?”
With husband, Matthew Broderick, 46, five-year-old son James, an acting career, a perfume empire and a new sports clothing line to juggle, it’s difficult to imagine that Sarah has much time to catch up with her girlfriends. And she’d certainly dispute that she leads a glamorous, carefree life like Carrie. Indeed, when it comes to raising kids, she’s experienced the same difficulties as other busy mums. Sarah recently revealed that her 11-year marriage has been under strain following rows about parenting. She said: “We have had some rather treacherous train rides.
"We are different parents and we have different ways of parenting. "I’m happy to be with Matthew regardless, but I’m sure there are times he wishes he wasn’t with me.” Somehow we doubt it, Sarah, but if you ever run into real problems, there’s always Big!
Sex and the City siren Samantha and Kim Cattrall, the actress who plays her, aren’t so different – both women have an obsession with shoes. “I used to display my shoes all over my house like art,” admits 51-year-old Kim. But now she’s installed a 44sq-ft closet in her New York home, Kim has the perfect showcase for her designer shoe and bag collection. 
“I’ve given up on television at home,” she admits. “If there’s a fantastic drama on I smuggle myself into someone else’s house and watch it with them instead.” Kim, who’s been married three times, is currently dating Canadian chef Alan Wyse. So what’s next on Kim’s home improvement list? Well, the rumours are that she might even treat herself to a place in London – with a walk-in wardrobe, of course. 
