{"id":765061,"date":"2022-01-25T03:09:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T03:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/25\/watch-and-just-like-that-cast-talk-bringing-diverse-stories-to-series-on-drew\/"},"modified":"2022-01-25T03:09:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T03:09:51","slug":"watch-and-just-like-that-cast-talk-bringing-diverse-stories-to-series-on-drew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/25\/watch-and-just-like-that-cast-talk-bringing-diverse-stories-to-series-on-drew\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: &#8216;And Just Like That&#8217; cast talk bringing diverse stories to series on &#8216;Drew&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"slide-image-container\" onclick=\"st_ss_sh1();\">\n<p>1\/5<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"975\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/And-Just-Like-That-cast-talk-bringing-diverse-stories-to-series-on-Drew.jpg\" title=\"'And Just Like That' cast talk bringing diverse stories to series on 'Drew'\" alt=\"'And Just Like That' cast talk bringing diverse stories to series on 'Drew'\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"stph_caption\">Nicole Ari Parker arrives on the red carpet at the premiere of &#8220;The Tragedy of Macbeth&#8221; in September 2021. File Photo by Louis Lanzano\/UPI | License Photo<\/div>\n<article itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">Jan. 24 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> <i>And Just Like That<\/i> stars Nicole Ari Parker, Karen Pittman and Sarita Choudhury discussed how the <i>Sex and the City<\/i> sequel series introduced new characters of color while appearing on <i>The Drew Barrymore Show<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Parker portrays Lisa Todd Wexley on the show, with Pittman as Dr. Nya Wallace and Choudhury as Seema Patel. They join <i>Sex and the City<\/i> regulars Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis.\n<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>&#8220;I think that&#8217;s it&#8217;s been a big deal for them to add four characters of color, all different, and really tried their best to tell those stories well,&#8221; Parker said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To join this iconic piece of television and then to wear these fabulous clothes and then to be part of a big change, I think it feels really great,&#8221; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Pittman mentioned how thoughtful the writers and producers of<i> And Just Like That<\/i> have been with the show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not just with bringing out women who we see all the time in New York City, but the nuances of how these women live their lives is very specific,&#8221; Pittman said before praising the characterizations of Lisa, Nya and Seema.\n<\/p>\n<p>Pittman went to explain that she has a real connection to Nya&#8217;s arc on the series.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have two children, but there are some days where I think to myself, &#8216;Man, this is hard. Harder than I thought it was going to be.&#8217; We put motherhood on a pedestal and I think they oversold that. They over-promised on the motherhood thing some days. So, I think to myself this is a great opportunity to talk about what that looks like,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><i>Sex and the City<\/i> ran for six seasons on HBO from 1998 to 2004. <i>And Just Like That<\/i> started in December with new episodes coming to HBO Max every Thursday.\n<\/p>\n<p><emb><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"1_XoOhG1ZZ8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;And Just Like That&quot; Cast Talks Bringing Stories of Color to the New Chapter\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1_XoOhG1ZZ8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/emb>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1\/5 Nicole Ari Parker arrives on the red carpet at the premiere of &#8220;The Tragedy of Macbeth&#8221; in September 2021. 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