Why Sarah Jessica Parker 'Loved' Filming That Dramatic Confession from Aidan in “And Just Like That…”

Warning: This communicative contains spoilers for nan July 3 section of And Just Like That...

Carrie Bradshaw conscionable sewage a sensation of her ain medicine, and Sarah Jessica Parker was each for it.

On nan July 3 section of And Just Like That... play 3, Carrie is near reeling aft Aidan (John Corbett) admits he and his ex-wife, Kathy, slept together. He doesn't person immoderate existent mentation for it, different than, "It conscionable happened," and while it throws Carrie for a loop, it besides gives her a chance to empathize — and vice versa.

Of course, it's a infinitesimal that echoes erstwhile Carrie herself cheated connected Aidan successful Sex and nan City. Her affair with Mr. Big (Chris Noth), who was besides joined astatine nan time, was a arguable but pivotal portion of her communicative — 1 that creator Darren Star said "brought nan show to different level."

When it came clip to movie nan affectional segment betwixt her and Corbett's character, Parker, 60, told Deadline she was each for it.

Parker loved really nan speech betwixt Carrie and Aidan unfolded.

"I was really pleased pinch that conversation," she said. "I loved shooting that scene. I emotion nan proportionality of nan room. It’s truthful empty."

Parker noted that nan speech "wasn’t hysterical," which was different point she loved astir it.

"It was difficult for him to show Carrie," she said. "And Carrie was not condemning."

In Parker's eyes, nan speech perfectly encapsulates really important connection is successful a relationship.

For Carrie and Aidan's narration arsenic a whole, nan confession forced them to look nan reality of really vague their "five-year" scheme really was.

Parker liked "what that speech provoked, which is, ‘Well, what did you deliberation I meant? What does that mean? What did you presume nan words ‘five years’ meant?’ "

"Not being definite of what each other’s words mean is very communal successful relationships, particularly relationships wherever there’s a immense magnitude of investment," she continued. "You deliberation you’re ever hearing, knowing and knowing somebody."

She's pleased pinch really things are unfolding betwixt Carrie and Aidan, contempt nan expected sabbatical, because it intends Corbett is still around.

"John is nan easiest personification to activity pinch and play opposite, and I sincerely mean that," she told nan outlet. "I'm really fond of him."

"He’s famously enthusiastic and energetic. He cares a awesome woody astir each azygous line. He thinks a batch astir it nan nighttime before. He’s really committed and delightful, and has specified an easiness erstwhile nan camera rolls."

Corbett "makes nan full acquisition truthful delightful" connected set, sloppy of nan truth that immoderate scenes aren't "always easy to get correct aliases to do."

"I’m gladsome that, moreover though location was immoderate benignant of statement astir a sabbatical, they were some incapable of honoring it because it meant that John Corbett was astir a lot. For each of us, that meant really bully times and happiness," she continued. "I deliberation he’s conscionable lovely."

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